We’ll get into this more in the vid later, but Gallup has a new poll out, final one for the Bush presidency, which shows Bush bumping to a 34 percent approval rating - better than Nixon or Harry Truman when they left office, tied with Carter.

At the same time, Bush’s disapproval rating is 61 percent - the highest in the modern era except for Nixon.

But Josh Marshall notes a nugget within the poll that, even now, doesn’t fail to amaze me:

But what really strikes me is the internals. Democrats and Independents still live in one country while Republicans live in another one entirely. Approval among Dems is at 6%; among Independents 28%; among Republicans, 75%.

Different worlds. And even without Bush it’s where the country is, what Obama faces.

I mean, this is what amazes me - that a full three-quarters of Republicans out there think back on the Bush years and say: Good job!