Obama's Presidency Begins with High Approvals

clipped from rawstory.com President Obama's first job approval poll rating approaches the highest ever recorded: that of President John F. Kennedy, who opened his administration with 72 percent of the electorate. He shares a spot with President Dwight Eisenhower among the three most celebrated US Presidents at time of their ascendancy. In fact, so many Americans approve of President Obama's performance thus far, that Gallup measured his detractors at just 12 percent, with 68 percent of those surveyed giving him high marks. Twenty-one percent have no opinion.

68%. This after a week where he ordered Gitmo closed, made some seriously pro-choice moves, and laid out a huge spending program to boost the economy.

This is what a mandate looks like.