We will just have to agree to disagree. 70% of the people believed the country was headed in the wrong direction from about 2010. Democrats were in charge of all branches of government until Jan. 2011. Having the presidency and the senate in democratic hands controlled all legislation except financial, which is why the deficits came down and stayed down. Not to the level that Bush and the republicans got it in spite of paying for two wars, 161 billion in FY2007. Congress has always had a fairly low rating and Obama's favorability ratings have always been about him, personally, not his policies. Never could understand why he found success divorcing himself from his policies in the public mind. Even with a congress that opposes any president, it is the president that determines the direction the country is moving in the minds of the people. Even with electoral losses in the last 8 years to the democrats on a scale not seen since the late 20's, democrats refuse to admit they are wrong.