Obama approval near record high

As he nears the end of his tenure and does his final campaign appearances, President Obama is near his record high in approval numbers.

Obama’s approval rating hit 56 percent in Gallup’s tracking poll on Monday, a reminder of his power as a surrogate as he travels to Michigan, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania to drum up the vote for Hillary Clinton. It’s rare for a two-term president to be in such high demand on the trail, and that level of popularity has been rare in Obama’s tenure. It’s the highest his rating in that poll has been since October 2012, shortly before he was re-elected, when he hit 57 percent. Other polls over the past month have shown similarly high ratings — all vastly better than those for either Clinton or Donald Trump.

“Whatever credibility I’ve earned after eight years as president, I am asking you to trust me on this one,” Obama said on Monday in his appeal for Clinton at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It’s a pitch his numbers show he can safely make.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.