Deceptive

El Universal ran a piece last week titled "Calderón's popularity grows". It was based on the Mitofsky polls, in which Calderón's average approval rating for 2009 (62.3 percent) bested his average from 2008 (61.3 percent) and 2007 (58.7 percent). That's all true enough, but Calderón's numbers over the past several months have been dropping precipitously, with the December figure (55 percent) qualifying as the lowest of his presidency. More here.