Obama

[Xiahou]

A new polling technique?

Yeah, the ones I've seen showing a major jump can safely be chalked up to changes in the sample.

Here's some analysis from Gallup.

Barack Obama averaged 46.7% job approval in his second full year in office, spanning Jan. 20, 2010-Jan. 19, 2011. That places Obama's approval on the low end compared with other presidents elected to office since World War II -- similar to the averages of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, but better than Ronald Reagan's historical low second-year average.