Douthat's NYT's piece claimed liberals were anguished over Obama. Really?
According to the latest Gallup survey, 79% of "liberals" approve of Obama's job performance, compared to 78% month ago, 78% two months ago, 76% three months ago, and a bit over 80% during 2009. If his liberal support has collapsed in "angst," it's pretty much hidden in the numbers. And since Douthat's hinting at some terrible intraparty struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-donkey, it's worth noting that a reasonably robust 90% of "liberal Democrats" currently approve of the job Obama's doing, which is well above his average for 2010 and exactly where he stood last Labor Day.
There is reality and there's a world in which a Republican lives in. Douthat's out of touch piece echoes the GOP's disconnect from the real world.
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