When the television networks projected Barack Obama had secured the presidency at 10 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2008, much of the UW-Madison campus erupted in jubilant celebration.
….Almost two years later, Obama was attempting to rekindle that unbridled enthusiasm during his trip to campus Tuesday evening for what amounted to a pep rally put on by the Democratic National Committee.
According to the most recent figures compiled by the polling experts at Gallup, 49 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, while only 45 percent approve (with a margin of error of 3 percentage points). To the surprise of no one, however, Tuesday’s gathering at Library Mall was distinctly pro-Obama.