And Jimmy Carter was cruising to a second term over Ronald Reagan in the polls at this time of the year by a margin of 60-35.
True, but there are no Reagans running in 2012.
I wonder what a 3 point shift in this chart would do to the ratings?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
Sorry to say, we don’t have a Reagan