seen the right direction numbers bombing out in the teens, that s as bad as they were in the closing days of the bush administration. we see things moving in the wrong direction from the president s point of view. if he can improve those numbers between now and next november he improves his chances for re-election. megyn: why is that put on the president, wrong track? because we ve seen rate insurance of congress are far lower than the president s approval rating. why do we conclude that that is a reflection of how the president is doing. ratings are always lower for congress and the president, doesn t matter what congress and what president there is. but the president is seen as the guy in charge. and when your baseball team isn t playing well you fire the manager, and when the political team isn t doing well you fire the guy in charge. the big number really that is driving all of this is perceptions of the economy. on the day that president obama took office 35% of americans said t