That is standard for presidential approval polls. That’s the way it’s almost always done. The thing about polls is that they show trends, and if you’re comparing apples to apples (the same type of measurement each time) you see a trend. For Obama right now, the trend seems to be up.

I remain hopeful because the UK polls were wrong on Remain-Leave and the big Midwest industrial states might go Trump. IA MN WI MI OH PA.

Yes, I know the sore losers were on the losing side of the Brexit question. But barely, and a lot of the those whining about how irrationally afraid they are of the future unless they are ruled by unaccountable bureaucrats in Brussels were too lazy to vote.

And why would they vote? The EU system of rule-by-experts-from-afar that they prefer to self-government entirely rejects the notion that it derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed. As does Barack Obama and indeed the entire Democratic party.

The experts in Brussels promise them a bright future. Barack Obama promises to keep them safe. The fact that the evidence points entirely in the opposite direction (the entire federal government law enforcement and security apparatus can’t even keep track of one dead terrorists wife and, based on her reported statements, accomplice) doesn’t even dent their faith in the emotionally appealing promise of security.

The sort of people who put their faith in weepy candlelight vigils and Barack Obama to keep them safe from the terrorism that one dare not speak its name may yet prove to be in the majority.

To effectively render this point politically in the Narrative contest for the zeitgeist, the prerequisite is establishing the foundation for it with President Bush’s decision for Operation Iraqi Freedom was correct on the law and facts. Then construct your case on that foundation in proper frame.