Reply #45: Ignore the polls or at least the spin

[mustardman]

Obama still has VERY high approval historically. Given the incredible mess he inherited and the big changes he is proposing his approval is actually astronomically high. Much higher than other Prez's that didn't inherit huge problems and didn't try enact big change.

The other thing is there is a lot of spin on the interpretation of the polls. The current fad is to talk about how Obama's numbers are dropping. But nobody is talking about what that is relative to. It is not Relative to Republikkkan leadership because there is NONE! It is not relative to Republikkkan numbers which have NOT increased! A lot of the drop is in Obama's base who are impatient and expected gay marriages and healthcare for all Jan21. That base is NOT in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM going to the right! Far from it. If anything they are going farther to the left. So there is no reason for concern on the left and no reason for rejoice on the right. The left will come around as things slowly go their way legislatively and the right....well they are all angry old white people with poor diets so they will be pushing up daisies soon enough.