Republicans Have a Big Bubba Problem: Clinton is The Most Admired POTUS of Last 25 Years
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/15/republicans-big-bubba-problem-clinton-admired-potus-25-years.htmlRepublicans Have a Big Bubba Problem: Clinton is The Most Admired POTUS of Last 25 Years
By: Jason Easley
Sunday, June, 15th, 2014, 7:35 pm
With the Clinton political brand poised for a resurgence in 2016, the last thing Republicans needed was a new polling showing that Bill Clinton is the most admired president of the last 25 years, but that is exactly what they’ve got.
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg Survey found that Bill Clinton is the runaway most admired president of the last 25 years. Forty-two percent of respondents picked Clinton. President Obama came in at 18%, George W. Bush got 17%, and George H.W. Bush was close behind at 16%.
Normally, these sorts of polls make for nice historical arguments as to who was the better president, but with Hillary Clinton likely running in 2016, her husband’s runaway win in the POTUS admiration contest takes on an entirely different dimension. Republicans had already been trying to deal with former President Clinton’s popularity by reviving the Lewinsky scandal, which shows that Republicans have learned nothing. Every time, they bring up Lewinsky, Clinton gets more popular.
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Republicans are flipping out already over Hillary Clinton running, but one of their biggest problems in 2016 may be the presence of her husband. Republicans have a big bubba problem. If the Clintons hit the campaign trail firing on all cylinders, 2016 could be another blowout win for Democrats.
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The Clinton years were unquestionably a time of progress, especially on the economy [...] Clinton's 1992 slogan, 'Putting people first,' and his stress on 'the economy, stupid,' pitched an optimistic if still gritty populism at a middle class that had suffered under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. [...] By the end of the Clinton presidency, the numbers were uniformly impressive. Besides the record-high surpluses and the record-low poverty rates, the economy could boast the longest economic expansion in history; the lowest unemployment since the early 1970s; and the lowest poverty rates for single mothers, black Americans, and the aged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Bill_Clinton#The_economy
So do some other people. (and they'll be here in 5... 4... 3... 2... )
On a related note, I have no doubt Obama's standing will improve post-presidency.
25 years just makes a better time period than 25 years and a few days. 
So they (the 'Right') hated him before they loved him? 
Those numbers have got to include some of those idiots screaming to have him impeached 16 years ago. Vindicated! 
Around here he's persona non grata.
