20 or so points up in the polls. He's certainly developed the feeling of the presidency and what the president can and can't do. He's learned that it's very hard for the president to be victorious on the legislative front, but it is relatively easy for presidents to be successful kings. And once he stopped being chief legislator and had himself anointed king, he did very well indeed. The deck is very much stacked against a president with legislative ambitions.
People seem to love a king.
Reagan was a very good king. And Clinton has been, too. Look at the past few days, particularly his handling of the TWA tragedy in relation to other politicians. Clinton has been a model of propriety. He's sought to comfort the bereaved, promised that the government would do whatever it could, he reassured the nation.