Long ago the leftist media dreamed of a transformative president. But now, in an all-new depressing low for the disillusioned media, they finds themselves forced to compare Obama to their go-to fall guy.

Yahoo News’ Erica Pfeiffer presents the hard reality that five years into the presidency, the American people disapprove of Obama as much as they did Bush. In fact, a little more.

When President Obama first ran for the White House in 2008, it was with the promise to turn the page on the presidency of George W. Bush. But for all their political differences, it turns out the American public pretty much view the two men in the same light, according to new polling data.

In the first week of November in the fifth year of their presidencies, Obama and Bush have nearly identical approval numbers, according to the latest Gallup polling.

In fact, Bush comes out one point ahead, 40 percent to [39] percent, respectively.

The grim findings come from the most recent Gallup poll, which, as it did for Bush, shows a steady decline for Obama since his reelection. If this Bush-like trend continues for the president, 2016 might be a bad, bad year for Democrats. Regardless, by year five the One has proven to be just another polling statistic.