A saw a couple of Democrats with glowing smiles on their faces when discussing Barack Obama approval ratings. He has had a bump lately. I don’t deny the bump, but I don’t see what caused it.Maybe people are feeling a sense of optimism because 2011 is almost over.

My opinion is that his leadership was absent while the tax issue was debated in Congress. A two month extension just means Washington will be debating the extension again…after the debate extending the debt ceiling. When you endlessly debate the same issues, it reminds voters that nothing is getting fixed.

The President will have the State Of the Union speech. He will get another bump then, but the Republicans will start to rally around a candidate soon after that. By spring time, I expect Barack Obama approval rating to be near all time lows.

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