Obama Approval Bounces Back Too Late for Democrats

“President Obama’s approval rating in Gallup’s tracking poll hit 50 percent on Monday for the first time since May 2013. This comes on the heels of a Washington Post-ABC News poll last week that showed the exact same thing — approval at 50 percent, first time since May 2013,” the Washington Post reports.

“Nearly three months after you’ve lost control of both chambers of Congress, after all, isn’t a great time to start being popular again. But this is hardly the first time Obama’s image has been less than timely for his party. The first significant ebb in his approval rating came in 2010, when he became unpopular just in time for Democrats to lose control of the House.”