1.   An explanation can be found in the polls taken since the Lewinsky scandal that show consistently high job approval ratings for Clinton and low personal marks.

2.   And while his morals are deplored, his job approval ratings remain remarkably high for a president in the waning days of power.

3.   Anyone dismissing this theory should note that while the President has risen in the polls in recent months, his job approval ratings have hardly moved at all.

4.   Because his personal approval rating is far below his job approval rating, most of us have assumed that his support is strictly the product of rampant prosperity.

5.   But because his hibernation from access coincided with a rise in his job approval rating, the tradition of regular questioning has been called into question.

6.   But presidential job ratings tend to receive a bounce in polls taken immediately after a State of the Union address.

7.   Clinton emerges from the trial with a scandal-stained legacy and a reputation for lying, offset only by high job approval ratings.

8.   He disputed his job ratings.

9.   He goes into the race with terrible favorability and job performance ratings.

10.   His party is delighting in its newfound popularity after impeachment, while President Clinton is basking in impressive job approval ratings.