re: Why is there a disconnect between the "recovery", and Obama's ratings?

Obama is averaging in the lower 40s LINK one of maybe 10 or 15 polls will have him at 39. Those are anomalies if you click the link.

Meanwhile at this time in Bush's presidency he was in the upper 30s and a poll breaking 40 was an anomaly LINK

Now why is Obama in the lower 50s rather than at day 51% for Reagan at this time or Clinton who was even higher? BC Obama's PR team bites.

Lemme give you a history lesson... clintons presidency started out as the worst amateur hour comedy in history. He could do no right. I believe he had 2 or maybe 3 AG appointees fail. Didn't get an AG for a year into office. His healthcare bill was a debacle. He pushed his deficit reduction plan through Comgress without a single Republucan vote. Rush and his cronies said it was the largest tax increase in history and will destroy the economy.

1994 rolls around to record losses in the House and Senate. Clinton cleans house. Hires David Getgen who had worked with 3 Rep presidents. The new Clinton was in the news every day giving good news. Either giving a medal to someone or announcing a grant or hailing a success story... No more confrontation and only smiling Clinton. Gergen basically turned him into a Dencratic Reagan. A presidency of photo ops.

And it worked.

Obama's people couldn't sell a glass of ice water in Hell