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To: Jim Scott;meia
Actually the American people do feel that Clinton was a success as president. He left office with the highest approval rating of any president.

No, he left with an end-of-term rating exactly the same as Ronald Reagan's, ~68%. And unlike Reagan and Roosevelt, that rating dropped almost immediately once the post-January 20 scandals broke. I'm unaware that his numbers ever recovered.

That linked article also makes clear that Jim's correct about the difference between the public's views on Clinton's job performance (which took place during the 90's economic bubble [which started during Bush 41's term], when we were all still in our mindless post-Cold War, pre-9/11 "things will never be bad again" fog), and their view's on Clinton as a human being (only 34%).

79 posted on 04/06/2002 3:55:36 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Jim Scott;meia
And unlike Reagan and Roosevelt...

Whoops. Forgot to note that Roosevelt's end-of-term ratings were just barely lower than Reagan's and Clinton's, and thus were probably exactly the same once you factor in the margin of error.

81 posted on 04/06/2002 3:58:05 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Timesink
No, he left with an end-of-term rating exactly the same as Ronald Reagan's, ~68%.

You are correct. And so am I. It just depends on which poll you use. The CBS poll shows Clinton and Reagan with 68%. But the CNN poll shows Clinton with 65% and Reagan with 63%.

86 posted on 04/06/2002 4:16:51 PM PST by meia
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