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D.B. Grady

D.B. Grady - D.B. Grady is a former paratrooper with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and a veteran of Afghanistan. He is a novelist and essayist, and can be found online at dbgrady.com. More

D.B. Grady is currently co-authoring Secrets: What You Need to Know About What You're Not Supposed to Know with Marc Ambinder of National Journal. His first novel, Red Planet Noir, won the 2010 Indie Book Award for Science Fiction. He has written for American Thinker, Real Clear World, National Journal, Boys' Life, and several regional and online publications. He is a regular radio commentator.

Grady is a member of the Authors Guild and National Writers Union. He is represented by Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary Management.

He is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in computer science and lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife and family.
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The Company He Keeps

By D.B. Grady

Jul 21 2010, 3:09 PM ET Comment



Gallup reports that President Obama's job approval average during his sixth quarter in office ranks on the bottom half of chief executives to date.

The average presidential job approval rating across all presidents in Gallup's trends since Franklin Roosevelt is 54%, about seven points above Obama's sixth quarter average. Others with sixth quarter averages below the historical approval norm are Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.
The good news? Clinton and Reagan. The bad news? Carter. The worse news? These numbers include his historic victory on health care reform. The worst news? They don't include his golf-swing response to the Gulf spill disaster.

Further:

Most elected presidents saw their approval ratings decline in their seventh quarters in office; only George H.W. Bush saw significant improvement, due to the rally in support for him after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.

As the op-tempo of U.S. Special Operations Forces increases within his borders, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari should keep this in mind.
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