Ambers on Obama's popularity

3. Independents remain firmly rooted in the Democratic garden. They're skittish about deficits, but they love Obama. They trust him, alone, of all the institutions of and figures in -- government.

I'm more than skittish about deficits, but I'm sure it describes many independents. And we don't love Obama, we just like him--in a Kennedyesque way. See the rest of Marc's points...