A new AP-Gfk poll has Barack Obama at 60 percent approval rating. He’s above 50 percent on his reelect numbers and also on his handling of the economy, health care, unemployment, and even Libya. And the president is almost at the 50 percent mark when it comes to the deficit.

The president’s supporters are excited. Happy days are here again!

Not so fast.

As several writers have pointed out (see Jim Geraghty here and Ed Morrissey here), the party ID breakdown is 46 percent Democrat, 29 percent Republican, and 4 percent independent—a 17-point gap for Democrats. That is more than double the percent margin Obama won by in 2008, when Obama was truly popular. This 17-point gap also comes in the aftermath of the 2010 election when Gallup found that party ID was nearly even between Democrats and Republicans. Or, in short, this poll is a complete joke.

The only thing worth noting about it is that even in a poll showing a 17-point gap in favor of Democrats, former President George W. Bush is at 50 percent approval. It’s interesting to consider where Bush would be if the AP-Gfk poll was even a half-way serious one.