It doesn't really matter which poll you consult - Zogby, Pew, Gallup - they all show the same thing: Incoming president Barack Obama is hitting new highs in public support, while outgoing President George W. Bush is hitting new lows.
To be fair, it's like comparing apples and oranges: Bush's record includes 9/11, Katrina, two wars, a controversial re-election, and an economic meltdown of historic proportions. Meanwhile, Obama's record includes a low-key decade as a state senator and U.S. senator.
But there's no denying the numbers are impressive. Even Obama's incoming numbers are handing Bush's a thrashing - a pre-inaugural poll by Pew Research Center finds that 79 percent of Americans have a "favorable impression" of the incoming leader. In 2001, George W. Bush had to make do with 60 percent. Pew reports that Obama even has more optimists on his side.
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Bush isn't facing downhill numbers alone. Trust in his party is waning as well. A Washington Post-ABC News poll reports that "just 23 percent said they trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle the main problems facing the nation."
It's not a great mystery as to why folks seem to have such a poor opinion of our departing President. He pretty much sucked. I mean, even SNL knew he was going to suck months before he actually took the oath:
