That Was Fast! Americans Now Split On Whether Obama Is A Better Pres. Than Bush

Less than two years after thousands of Inauguration-goers bid a not-so-fond farewell to President Bush’s departing helicopter a new CNN poll says the country is split on whether President Obama is a better president than President George W. Bush.

By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago.

“Democrats may want to think twice about bringing up former President George W. Bush’s name while campaigning this year,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

“But that doesn’t mean that Americans regret their decision to put Obama in the White House in 2008. By a 50 to 42 percent margin, the public says that Obama has done a better job than Sen. John McCain would have done if he had won. And by a 10-point margin, Americans also say that Joe Biden has done a better job than Sarah Palin would have done as vice president,” adds Holland.

American’s apparently have increasingly short memories. Bush always said that history would prove him right, but probably no one, including Bush, figured on a twenty month turnaround. Perhaps Obama can take hope from these results: no matter how badly he screws things up during his presidency he will only have to leave office to be loved once again. A maneuver Sarah Palin has lately perfected.

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