Obama approval hits 60% as end of term approaches
President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.
A new CNN/ORC poll finds Obama's approval rating stands at 60%, his best mark since June of his first year in office. Compared with other outgoing presidents, Obama lands near the top of the list, outranked only by Bill Clinton's 66% in January 2001 and Ronald Reagan's 64% in January 1989. About two-thirds (65%) say Obama's presidency was a success, including about half (49%) who say that was due to Obama's personal strengths rather than circumstances outside his control.
That assessment of Obama's presidency, as well as his approval ratings, are marked by sharp partisan divides. While 54% of Democrats consider Obama one of the greatest presidents, 54% of Republicans call him a poor president. Though he has earned near universal approval among Democrats (95% approve), just 18% of Republicans say they approve of how he handled the presidency. That gap explains the difference between Obama's approval rating and those of the two former presidents who left office with higher marks.
at the absolute passionate hate some of these cats show for Obama on here. He ain't great, but he damn sure ain't as bad as some of ya'll make him out to be. He's a fvcking President. A figurehead. What the fvck ya'll thought he was gonna get in office and do? Ya'll thought it was gonna be one way, but it never...ever, ever, never, ever...was gonna be that way. Dudes on here gonna miss the dude when he's not President. Bet that.
Obama was elected president in November 2008, he took office January 2009, take your kindegarten child-like autistic ass debate skills to TLR 
