What utter bullshit. Is there ANYONE who thinks his policies are good? The first President to be actively and openly anti-wage-earner. I’m sure all the Chrysler union members are peachy with this.
On the other hand, the fact that is popular is not surprising due to a number of factors:
1) George Bush II and his miserable performance - particularly towards the end of his first term and consistently throughout his second.
2) The utter failure of the national and state GOP leadership to convincingly support an alternative agenda
3) The fact that most Presidents are given a pass by the American public in the early part of their first term.
4) Obama’s personal presence which conveys determination, situation control and eloquence at a time when the economy is in a shambles.
5) His novelty as the first “minority” President, as well as his youth.
6) LAST, but not least, the liberal media's uniform support of this man and presentation of him as a celebrity akin to the “sainted” John Kennedy and “Camelot”.
My suspicion is that many of the people now praising him will be cursing him in the not too distant future when the impact of his economic and defense policies takes hold.