That's true to a large extent, but I believe it's important to recognize that Canadians disentangle some of the important substantive issues in our bilateral relationship. They don't bestow a halo effect that says he has carte blanche because he's such an overwhelmingly impressive guy--which they believe. They aren't saying at the same time that basically any ideas he comes up with are fine with them.
For example, Canadians will say they are quite impressed with the level of economic preparation President Obama seems to have generated in advance and as he took office. On the other hand and at the same time, Canadians expressed considerable concerns about the fiscal consequences of that program down the road.
Similarly, when we look at issues around protectionism and free trade, they express considerable concerns. The majority say they're quite wary and mindful of comments that President Obama made before he was elected about opening up the NAFTA agreement. When confronted with the question of whether they would be amenable to participating in a surge in or an extension of the Afghanistan mission--which President Obama has identified as an area of foreign policy he'd like to shift attention to--the answer comes back with a pretty decisive two-to-one margin saying no, they wouldn't be along.
The negative approval rating for President Obama was 3%. That's a pretty heady number. It will be difficult to sustain that, but nonetheless it gives you a sense that the people who don't think President Obama is a really terrific guy could have a meeting in a phone booth in Canada. So it's a view that is pretty well universal. But it is important to recognize that doesn't carry over to areas of public policy.
By the way, the separation of the administration and the American public is something the public has made for some time. At no point did we see Canadians say they didn't like Americans or didn't admire American society. They just weren't very impressed. And by the way, the numbers who didn't like the last administration weren't all that terribly different from what we saw in the American public.