Glad it’s over?
2011 wasn’t a tremendous year for America’s leaders — the country continued to be frustrated with an economy stuck in the mud and a Congress that didn’t seem to be functioning (even by traditional Congressional standards). President Obama was no different. The sky high approval ratings that he maintained through the first few months of his term were always going to fall — that’s just political gravity. But after the fractious health care debate of 2009 and 2010, his approval rating started to reach pedestrian levels. It was the long path through 2011 that really brought him down (and finally back up). Check out the chart below.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=101778