the president is likeable and a couple good jobs report will help him. it is night ratight race and pel decide on who they think will be a better leader in that regard going forward. we ve never seen a differential this large between the likability of the president and unlikebility of underwater numbers for romney. never seen a major party nominee as unliked as romney is. so this is a huge differential between these. i want to throw in another statistic. in last five elections, gallup says the candidate with the greatest gavebility rating which may be slightly different from the likability, but the greatest favorability always wins in the last five elections. we are talking four of last five are rock stars to their fans from reagan, clinton, bush and obama. i think there is something to this likability thing, don t you think? i think you re right in terms of personal favorability. as we know with presidents