Obama on the cusp of leaving office more popular than St. Ronnie.

[Drunken Irishman]

God how I'd love it if that happened - and then to watch as Hillary takes over.

[rusty quoin]

1. St Ronnie had a democratic congress

Willing to work with him. Obama had a republican congress set on destroying him, no matter what.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Liberal Tip O'Neil

And conservative Reagan worked on compromise. Such a thing can't happen today, because, for the right, comprise is treason.

[pnwmom]

3. Wasn't Bill Clinton also popular at the end of his term? According to this,

Clinton's approval rating was higher than Reagan's -- but the first George Bush (who was defeated after one term) had the highest approval number of all. Weird.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

[joeybee12]

6. Yup, and the myth that people wanted a third Ronnie term is

Well, a myth.

[JI7]

4. i think Reagan is losing his popularity the more time goes by and change in demograhpics

[duncang]

5. rw friend

freaked out when I told him President Obama won over 50 % of the popular vote each term. He was trying to say it was just a electoral win not also a popular.