Huh? I just don't get it. According to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll:

52 percent consider his entire presidency a failure to date, with 46 percent calling it successful.....

And 64 percent said things in the United States have gotten worse in the past five years, while 28 percent said things have improved.

I'd bet that the same 52 percent who recognize Shrub for the failure that he is would also say things have gotten worse over the last five years. Assuming that's the case, then what's up with the those who say it has been a success but think things have either gotten worse or not improved? Or maybe I'm just crazy thinking that success/failure should somehow be tied to performance. Yeah, that's gotta be it.