{"id":24803,"date":"2014-12-11T21:46:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/12\/11\/are-we-writing-off-obama-too-soon\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:51:46","slug":"are-we-writing-off-obama-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/12\/11\/are-we-writing-off-obama-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Writing Off Obama Too Soon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Andrew Kohut<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With two years to go, Barack Obama is widely seen as a failed president, responsible for his party\u2019s losses in the mid-term Congressional elections. He still faces strong headwinds on both domestic policy and foreign affairs. The notion that the president can make a comeback with the American public may seem very unlikely. Yet a close look at attitudes about him and recent presidential history suggests such a rebound is not out of the question. In fact, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of Barack Obama\u2019s political death may have been greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed views of Obama are not any worse than were attitudes toward Ronald Reagan at about this time in his second term.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding the arc of a presidential popularity rating, especially one as varied as Obama\u2019s, requires a longer perspective than a single midterm snapshot.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/12\/are-we-writing-off-obama-too-soon-113509.html#ixzz3LeCR9vEj\">Continue reading in Politico Magazine&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Kohut With two years to go, Barack Obama is widely seen as a failed president, responsible for his party\u2019s losses in the mid-term Congressional elections. He still faces strong headwinds on both domestic policy and foreign affairs. 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