I personally do not hold much credence with polls as their authors have a way of manipulating desired results and also manage short upticks with populace leanings . For example Obama desires to shore up his voting base his Administration has just approved the unionization of the TSA. That is 63,000 sure votes in 2012 if this initiative holds. The Republicans are attempting to block it. The TSA claims that they will not be able to strike if it would cause a security risk but that is what PATCO said and Ronald Reagan ended up firing all of them. I personally believe it will be very harmful to national security to unionize this group Perhaps someone has a rationale as to why it would be a good thing?