Well, well, well – Joe Biden seems to be making something of a comeback. His approval rating, which dropped to 37 per cent in July, has gone back up to 42 per cent, which is a reasonably healthy figure for a Commander-in-Chief at this stage in his first term. The last two Democratic occupants of the White House – Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – both scored somewhere in the low 40s in the August of their second year in charge.
It’s a remarkable turnaround. For the last year, at least, the elderly president has looked clapped out and frail – a terrifyingly inept leader in troubled times. The embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan, the inflationary crisis, the violent crime waves, and the endless clips of poor Joe looking and sounding confused. It all seemed so hopeless.
The White House has remembered that if you give voters money, they find ways to like you
In recent weeks, however, something may have changed.
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