Gallup: "Positive Initial Reaction to Sotomayor Nomination"

According to Gallup, "Americans' first reactions to the news of President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court are decidedly more positive than negative, with 47% rating the nomination as 'excellent' or 'good,' 20% rating it 'only fair,' and 13% rating it 'poor.'" Also, check out the chart below to compare initial reactions towards Sotomayor and towards previous Supreme Court nominees. A "+14" rating is not bad at all, well above Samuel Alito's ratings for example (and similar to John Roberts').