Obama's Intense Honeymoon

Obsessing over public opinion polls may be more exciting in an election year, but their utility for political observers is almost more acute during off-years. Pollster.com presents its latest graphical offerings here; they'll be measuring many more metrics throughout President Obama's first year. Broadly, Obama is enjoying a honeymoon of unprecented intensity right now; as country's economic woes deepen, the right-track wrong-direction measure has blipped up from near-record lows in November. It's a reminder that the biggest political imperative vis-a-vis the stimulus is not how expensive it is, not whether this tax cut or that tax cut is included... it's whether something gets done.