1983 VIDEO: Ronald Reagan’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad poll numbers

Thanks to Bob Cesca, we have a gauzy bit of nostalgia to make us smile ear to ear:

This network TV report dramatically describes President Reagan’s terrible poll numbers in January 1983 (two years into office) mainly due to concerns about the economy. Reagan of course went on less than two years later to a landslide popular and electoral vote victory — winning 49 out of 50 states. Just a bit of archival history for Team Obama — and all of us — to remember as we approach the same juncture of the Obama presidency and a similar bemoaning over polling numbers.