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Can Obama recover, politically speaking?
The president is mired in the worst extended polling dip of his years in office, dragged down by a series of scandals (National Security Agency spying, IRS targeting) and fumbles (the rollout of HealthCare.gov).
Gallup’s month-by-month breakdown of Obama’s 2013 job-approval numbers shows a steady decline.
The 12-point drop in Obama’s approval rating from January 2013 to December 2013 was attributable not to Republicans (17 percent approved in January, 13 percent in December) but rather to precipitous declines among independents (down 14 points) and, interestingly, Democrats (down 15 points).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-obama-raise-his-job-approval-ratings-enough-for-a-political-recovery/2014/01/05/405a3268-7624-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html
