Melanie may think that the United States made a monumental blunder when it elected Barack Obama, but right now, it must be said, the Americans themselves seem pretty happy with their new President. For the last week newspapers and cable TV have been hyping every perceived blunder and doing everything bar declaring the Obama presidency a failure. Already. The voters seem more sanguine. And sober.
According to the latest Gallup poll, two thirds of the electorate approve of the manner in which Obama has handled the debate over the economic stimulus plan. Just 25% disapprove of the way he’s approached matters. In other words, there are plenty of people who voted for McCain who are quite happy with the way Obama is handling affairs. By contrast, fully 58% of the electorate disapprove of the way Congressional Republicans approached the stimulus debate.
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