The more rational readers of this excellent, well researched analysis may be interested in Nate Silver’s NYT column which is the source of the favorability timeline and which largely supports the author’s conclusions: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/why-hillary-clinton-would-be-strong-in-2016-its-not-her-favorability-ratings/ (but hey, what does Nate Silver know, he’s just a baseball analyst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver#Recognition_and_awards )