In these polls self-identified Democrats never give the President an even break. Self-identified Republicans (until recently) were the polar opoispte. If this is true it would mean that:1. Before the speech the President had all the self-identified Republicans.2. After the speech the President had all the self-identified Republicans along with all the Independents.My analysis is obviously oversimplfied but it does show the statesmanship of the speech in that it had to cross partisan lines.We should never obsess over polls and we know that the President doesn't. What this instance shows is that good leadership can make for good politics and hopefully for good policy. It is good to see the good sense of the American people rather than the rantings of the echo chamber known as the blogosphere.

by Mohd 11:43:58 AM 2012.06.19