
President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter,earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
Since March,Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s,considered among the 20th century’s worst presidents,but today Obama’s punctured Carter’s dismal job approval line. On their comparison chart,Gallup put Obama’s job approval rating at 43 percent compared to Carter’s 51 percent.
Back in 1979,Carter was far below Obama until the Iran hostage crisis,eerily being duplicated in Tehran today with Iranian protesters storming the British embassy. The early days of the crisis helped Carter’s ratings,though his failure to win the release of captured Americans,coupled with a bad economy,led to his defeat by Ronald Reagan in 1980.
According to Gallup,here are the….
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An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
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