CNN: Obama has a 79% job approval rating

CNN did some polling on Obama and what sort of reception he's getting from the American people. And what a reception it is.

Nearly eight in 10 Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Tuesday morning are giving the president-elect the thumbs up when it comes to his handling of the transition.

Seventy-nine percent approve of Obama's performance so far during transition, with 18 percent disapproving.

The job approval rating is up 4% from last month. And those who think he'll do a poor job as president dropped 3% from last month.

Bill Schneider of CNN put it this way:

"An Obama job approval rating of 79 percent -- that's the sort of rating you see when the public rallies around a leader after a national disaster. To many Americans, the Bush administration was a national disaster."

That's about right Bill. Though I suspect that the disastrous economy and Obama's management of his transition in response to the disaster has something to do with it.