Maybe America is very negative on politics, and President Obama is the one that they feel the least negativity about.
Quite possible. It kind of makes me wonder though if his numbers are bound to fall. $5 a gallon gas this Summer, who gets the blame? Bush got it in 2008...and it wasn't even that high.
High gas prices are quickly forgotten. Summer 2011 won't factor into Fall 2012. Summer 2012 may not even factor if they nosedive again like they did in Fall 2008.
High gas prices that inspired Sarah Palin to introduce "Drill, baby, drill!" as a solution during the 2008 Republican National Convention became irrelevant after the financial meltdown that solved the problem of high fuel prices and made something else more problematic for Republicans.
High gas prices might make 2011 another year in which people spend their vacation time doing household improvements instead of taking a 1000-mile round trip. Kids might have to say "We painted the house and landscaped the yard" or "We went bowling" in September essays on "What I Did on My Summer Vacation", but I can think of far worse.
