I want the overall number to come down too, of course. However, the squishiness of the 49 approve number is clear by looking at the strongly vs. somewhat approve and the solidity of the other number by doing the same thing.
I just disagree with saying REAL poll as if the strongly numbers are somehow not real or helpful. :)
Well, by “real” I mean the poll that virtually all other polling organizations go by. I’ve never liked Ras’s “strongly” characterization and found it to be a way to a) try and get noticed and b) play to conservatives. In the end, if 51% were even mildly approving of O and 49% were strongly disapproving, he’d still win reelection.