Gallup says Bush is most polarizing Pres in their polling history - w/poll and graph

I know this has been written up before but I want to bring this up for more discussion. Gallup recently analyzed the approval ratings of all the presidents in office since Truman: Bush Ratings Show Historical Levels of Polarization.

In the article Galllup calculates each president's polarization level by subtracting the approval rating among Dems from the approval rating among Repubs (or vice versa) in the May of that president's re-election year. It shows that Bush is the most polarizing president since they started polling in 1948. The article puts it thusly: "An analysis of Gallup Poll data reveals extreme and unprecedented levels of polarization in George W. Bush's job approval ratings...Never before has Gallup data shown such a high proportion of partisans with such strongly opposing views of a president."

I made a chart out of the polarization numbers:

I would like to submit that this is a big problem. Everyone in the country knows it. I don't think anybody is happy with this level of polarization. The point we need to make is this: this president is either actively tearing this country apart, or he's allowing it to come apart. Either he knows how to bring it together but won't do it, or he doesn't know how to do it.

What kind of strong leader allows this to happen to his own country? I think we can reach Republicans and independents at some level with this. Nobody wants a president who is this polarizing. We have got to start talking to people about how polarizing Bush is, how destructive this is for our country, how careless Bush is to let it happen, and how it's time that we work together to reduce the level of polarization.

Side note: right now C-SPAN is showing a recent interview with Kerry that others have said is worth watching.