January 24, 2009
by Jim Cullison

Gallup came out with their first job approval numbers for President Obama. Historically, they're downright stratospheric, befitting his position as The One. In the history of Gallup polling, only my man JFK had higher numbers in his first Gallup poll as president...Here are the first poll numbers for each president in the postwar era at the outset of their administration, first week in office...

1. Kennedy (72%)
2. Eisenhower/Obama (68%)
3. Carter (66%)
4. Nixon (59%)
5. Clinton (58%)
6. Dubya (57%)
7. Reagan/Bush 41 (51%)

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