If you step back and look at it dispassionately, perhaps you won’t be surprised that President Barack Obama has fallen rather “low” in the popularity polls.
It is perhaps more appropriate to wonder how and why he managed to get elected president of the United States in the first place.
We have to admit that we have had some unusual, surprising, pitiful – and some gigantic – presidents in our history. There have been unusual personalities, situations and conditions that have helped us make our decisions about who should be in the White House, with great power.
We obviously do not have a sterling record of excellence in electing our presidents.
What it takes to be a serious presidential candidate and what it takes to get elected are wonders. And then what it takes actually to serve under the conditions that arise, with support and opposition, is something else.