Single Poll Deceives Repubs Again

So the wingnuts started their victory song to soon last week when Rassmussen Polling reported the Strongly Approve and Strongly Disapprove were equal for the first time since Obama took office. This was their sign that he was a failure and would be destined to get worse in the polls. Ignoring the +/- of 3 points and the extreme variability of polling.

Here is this weeks updated poll:


So what does this all mean? Nothing really. It's all based on what you heard that day or did you listen to Fox News or MSNBC. Basically for the past 3 months Obama has entered the random fluctuation that is within the standard error range of 0 almost daily. He is now a +8, but could be back to 0 before the week is out.

Is there any importance to hitting the 0 mark if it is just for the day? I don't think so since it is largely just a popularity vote now and many Americans have little to no day to day knowledge of government operations. Only on days like the visit to Cairo do we hear about politics and Obama all day on every station.

In regards to overall approval his numbers are 58% approve and 41% disapprove. He still has a clear majority of the independent or middle of the road voters on his side.