Thirds

An article by AP writer Nancy Benac refers to a recent AP poll which found that one third of the respondents feel Obama has failed to deliver on his promise to bring change. Roughly 68 percent think that he's either kept his promise or that it's too soon to tell. The same poll reports that one-third think Obama's moving too fast to change things, with two-thirds thinking that the pace is not fast enough or just right. I wonder if the 1/3 who think he's moving too fast are the same 1/3 who think he's failed to deliver.

It looks like roughly 30-35 percent of Americans are never going to cut Obama any slack, regardless of what he does. As I recall, when George W. Bush bottomed out in job approval, he was still winning the hearts and minds of about 30 percent of those polled, so I accept it as a given that one out of three Americans falls into the category of people I can easily ignore.