One way street, so far
From a Gallup poll on the approval rating of Presidents at this point in their terms:
– George W. Bush, 86 percent
– John Kennedy, 77 percent
– Lyndon Johnson, 74 percent
– George H.W. Bush, 71 percent
– Dwight Eisenhower, 69 percent
– Richard Nixon, 59 percent
– Jimmy Carter, 57 percent
– Gerald Ford, 52 percent
– Bill Clinton, 52 percent
– Ronald Reagan, 49 percent
– Harry Truman, 49 percent
– Barack Obama 47 percent
Of course these things can change. For example, in 2008, Bush’s approval rating was 30%, but that still put him above Truman, Nixon and Carter. Wagers accepted on Obama’s popularity in 2012.
December 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Not a wager but I will take a SWAG at 26% in 2012.
December 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
NA.
(impeached 2011)
December 10th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I predict a he pulls a DB Cooper out of Air Force One in mid 2011. His last spoken words will be, “Now hold on guys, we can still fix this; I always land on my feet. “
December 11th, 2009 at 3:36 am
I doubt 30% of the electorate will admit to having voted for him by 2012.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:51 am
N/A
He will have ascended to heaven by then.
December 11th, 2009 at 7:42 am
“A parade of paranoid, delusional, and obnoxious so-called conservative leaders have tried to appeal to rank and base things like greed, xenophobia, racism, religious extremism, anti- and pseudo-science, and anti-democratic beliefs, all in the cause of furthering corporate power. They’ve had a level of success convincing people to vote for them which is truly frightening.”