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==Relationship Between Approval Rating and Accomplishments==
Example 1 seems to be linking a President's end-of-term approval ratings and the nature of his accomplishments; that is, "The fact that Reagan was so popular at the end of his time in office is an indicator of how effective/accomplished a President he was," (and the media is intent on downplaying this effectiveness/these accomplishments). I'm not sure how accurate this is; for example, Eisenhower earned high end-of-term approval ratings, but in terms of actual accomplishment there are many who would characterize him as having been little more than a "caretaker" President. More recently, Clinton left office with an approval rating that was slightly higher than Reagan's, so are we to take that as a sign that he was actually slightly more effective/accomplished a President than Reagan?
To be clear, I'm not attempting to claim that Reagan wasn't an accomplished President. I'm just pointing out that his high popularity doesn't necessarily bear any relation to that issue either way.
==References==
==References==
Any chance the second example could be referenced? The commandments and trustworthiness of this encyclopedia demand a reference for such a sweeping claim.--[[User:Jimmy|Jimmy]] 20:34, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
Any chance the second example could be referenced? The commandments and trustworthiness of this encyclopedia demand a reference for such a sweeping claim.--[[User:Jimmy|Jimmy]] 20:34, 1 July 2008 (EDT)