Gallup released some new data Friday that compares President Obama to former Presidents Bush and Clinton, and the results reflect the widespread frustration with the way things are going in the US right now: only 43 percent of Americans say that President Obama is better than President Bush, and only 12 percent rate him better than President Clinton.
The number versus Bush means that the percentage of Americans who think he’s been just as good (22) and those who think he’s been worse (34) adds up to a majority of 56. The result is surprising considering President Bush only left office less than three years ago with some of the worst approval ratings in history. The 50 percent majority that says Obama has been worse than Clinton isn’t as much, as the former president was economic steward during the boom times of the late nineties.
