Recently the Wall Street Journal published a 3,000 word essay on that very question -- that's 10 pages paperback. Note the Journal has been among Joe Biden's most loyal cheerleaders, so one might read this as almost an apology.

They kick off noting that Americans are spending briskly, inflation has come down from the Biden highs -- although new numbers say it's rising again. And GDP just turned in a solid 3.1% for the year. Official unemployment has been below 4% for 24 straight months, the longest stretch since the 1960's.

And yet in opinions surveys Americans almost universally think Biden's doing a crap job, with just one in 7 Americans saying they're better off since Joe was installed. Indeed, Biden has the worst approval ratings for a third-year president in history -- suck on that, Jimmy Carter.