ACCORDING TO the Washington Post's Colbert I. King, the Obama administration's dismal performance can be attributed to one Rush Limbaugh.

Forget the "Bush did it" mischaracterizations throughout the King commentary for a moment and let me ask two simple questions: First, what was Obama's approval index on January 20, 2009? And second, what is his approval index today? The answers are +28 in 2009 and -21 today -- a difference of 49 points.

Now clearly Rush Limbaugh has many fans, but not that many.