Trouble on the horizon?

Interesting piece (story) at the Washington Post (tool) today. How low must the approval ratings of the President drop before he is considered by the media to be neither popular nor successful?

The survey found that 58 percent of those interviewed said Bush is mainly concentrating in his second term on problems and partisan squabbles that these respondents said were unimportant to them. Four in 10--41 percent--said the president was focused on important problems--a double-digit drop from three years ago.

Of course, from a psychological point of view, this was the most interesting tidbit:

According to the poll, nearly eight in 10 Democrats say Bush is not concentrating on issues they personally view as vital while three out of four Republicans disagree.

To summarize, 80% of Democrats say Bush isn't concentrating on vital issues while 75% of Republicans say he is. Assuming that the numbers are roughly equal, this does bode more favorably for Democrats, however, that's beside the point. Where are these people being educated on the issues that makes their opinions so radically different? How is it that so little common ground can be found between these two camps, why are they so polarized in their information?

Oh yeah.