A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that former President Bush's popularity has dropped since he left office.
When he left office in January, 31 percent of American's viewed him positively. That number has now dropped to 26 percent.
President Barack Obama, meanwhile, is more popular than the past two presidents at this point during their first terms.
According to the poll, 61 percent approve of Obama's job -- that's compared with George W. Bush's 56 percent and Bill Clinton's 52 percent at this same juncture in their presidencies.
Also, 64 percent view Obama favorably versus 23 percent who see him in a negative light -- once again, higher than Bush's and Clinton's scores on this question.
My feeling is that a lot of people still blame Bush's lack of oversight of the banking system for the current recession and all of Cheney's cheerleading in the MSM about how torturing is okay, as long as you're torturing the bad guy, isn't helping Bush/Cheney's administration's popularity.
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