How Important is Intensity?

That's the question that the Obama administration, and Democrats in general (and specifically Democrats running for re-election in 2010), might have to begin asking themselves. This chart has made the rounds of blogs over the past couple of days:


So the obvious issue here is that the chart does not tell the whole story, and I'm sure most political minds would agree that overall approval or disapproval is more important that the extremes of those same positions, but it has to be slightly disconcerting to see the sudden surge of the "strongly disapprove" camp.

Or, if you're like me, it actually makes you feel kind of good. Maybe more people are seeing this socialist administration for what it is.