Obama's approval rating has IMPROVED since last Sunday

I was curious and looked at the polling numbers in the Gallup tracking poll. Given that the media spent all of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday seeming to position this as a very important thing that Obama completely blew, you would expect his numbers to have sunk noticeably - at least temporarily.

http://pollingreport.com/obama_job1.htm

The 4 most recent data points here ( approval - 46, 46, 47, 46 and disapproval all 48) for the tracking polls that include at least one day 1/11 or later are higher than the preceding three days - where his approval was at 44 and disapproval was at 50 or 49. Gallup.com itself has a more recent day - January 13-15 and his approval is UP and at 48, with disapproval at 47.

So, I conclude that the American people are NOT disappointed in Obama -- the US media is!

As to the meme that this has harmed our relationship with France - something Secretary Kerry argued was not the case last week angering Fox News for saying that - consider that today, the French government officials greeted Secretary of Kerry as warmly as he greeted them.

If the French government itself thought they were snubbed, I seriously doubt the French PRESIDENT would have walked out to greet the US SECRETARY of STATE. In fact, if that were the case, I would guess that even the French foreign minister would have not had a public appearance with Kerry. France did not have to have its leaders join Kerry if they thought this was just for US consumption to get Obama off the hook.

I doubt anyone would suggest that the French - of all people - could not in an exquisitely polite manner turn a cold shoulder to an ally that they need, but are not happy with.

So, we have spent the last half a week reacting to media overload - with most left wing sources jumping in to join the mainstream - when it looks like NEITHER the French government nor the American people are really upset over the US representation.