… Compared with earlier in Obama’s second term, more Americans now approve of his job performance. More also expect their personal financial situation to improve over the next year. But, even so, less than half of Americans express positive views on either question in the new survey, and neither shows significant improvement since the most recent Heartland Poll in February. The overall picture from the survey is that while Obama has clearly emerged from the lowest point of his second term, his climb to recovery remains labored, with no evidence of momentum or acceleration. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, National Journal