It's quite fitting, but, today, George Bush, one of the least popular people on this planet, was visited by one of the coolest. According to a USA Today/Gallup poll released today, Barack Obama’s favorable rating is at 68%, the highest of any candidate since the poll’s inception in 1992.
Incidentally, John McCain the loser is far more popular than John McCain the flailing panderbot. His favorable rating is an impressive 64%, which is 14 points higher than when he was plunging the depths of indecency as election day neared.
Bush’s favorable rating in 2004 was 60%. Today, he enjoys support from an abysmal 24% of the American population. Bush has nurtured his disapproval ratings to a record high of 76%, one of his few accomplishments the past eight years.
Expectations for Obama are at a fever pitch, and the challenges are mountainous, but one obstacle he doesn’t have is a tough act to follow.