It is a stupid question. Better than what? Dog poo, blender drinks, other presidents........
The way I understood it was better than he started out. In other words the lefties concede that his start was less than stellar. Give it a few months and they’ll begin comparing his performance w/ the present day. In other words 1) he’s doing OJT and 2) he’ll never be any better than he started out. The left has a huge amount of political and emotional capital wrapped up in his performance. Even to the the most rabid of them its got to be clear this is the crash and burn pres. and, the coupe de gras, is Bush was miles better. I know that last point has to ‘leave a mark’. Notice how most of the darts has shifted from Bush to Palin.