But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism – you learn this as you go on.
In fact, Al Gore emerges as a model of sanity and intelligence in almost every one of the "insider" books about the Clinton White House — an Administration that has enjoyed the highest sustained public-approval ratings in modern history.
Indeed, Steven Levitsky, a political scientist at Harvard University, points out in a column in La República, a Lima daily, that since 1997 no Peruvian president has managed to sustain an approval rating of over 50%.
Given the razor-thin margin in recent national polls between Clinton and Trump coupled with Obama's sustained 50% job approval ratings among all Americans, it's clear that the sooner the President backs the former Secretary of State, the better.
To get approval from New Jersey regulators for a buyout deal, the FirstEnergy Corporation agreed to pay $300 million of the losses sustained by GPU Inc. from buying power in the open market.
That brought laughter, hoots of approval and sustained applause.
So far, at least, the revival in employment hasn't translated into a sustained uptick in President Obama's approval rating.
And a two-party system will be sustained, no matter how low the approval ratings get for congress and our other institutions.
-- (S/Rel Pak) Our ability to deliver sustained security assistance also depends on the Administration securing Congressional approval.
