I am guessing this picture will be in ever Democratic Presidential Campaign ad.
But any way you look at it, the public believes the economy is bad and getting worse - which is ironic because there has not even been a single quarter of GDP decline and thus this is not a recession.
And the only help the sitting President can give the Republican nominee is fund raising.
I am guessing this picture will be in ever Democratic Presidential Campaign ad.
ARG polls suck. They are notoriously bad.
I guess I’m just not feelin it...
I keep hearing how we have all these economically “hard hit” areas, but they always refer to things that we’ve known for many years, such as steel mills, autos and textiles.
I suppose things can be slowing down, but this election seems like a media attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
There. Fixed it.
GDP is only one indicator.
If the GDP was all that mattered, we could have one King and one Queen own 99% of our nation’s wealth, the rest of us work as peasants for them producing even more wealth for them, point to the overall increase in economic growth, and say our economy is doing great. It’s also about how all that wealth being produced is being shared among those who are creating it. It not trickling down fairly to those helping to create it doesn’t show up in the GDP.
This survey is absolutely worthless. A random sample of 1,100 adults translates into the probability that some groups are overrepresented and coincidentally they are groups that don't favor Bush, watch too much MSM news and overall are illinformed/disinformed. While the poll does state that Democrats, Republicans and Independents are polled they fail to say how many of each. And the jumps in numbers from January to February are beyond belief.
Again this is worthless. The only value of this poll is to once again prove the dumbing down of America.
Just a parade of ****ing stupidity. It's as if they were surveying people on how many believe in UFOs, and that one of the major political parties has made belief in UFOs a central issue.
A recession means two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. We haven't even had one yet. No matter what stupid people, even if they comprise half of the country, believe.
Marching morons.
I wonder how much influence the MSM has on our economy.
This is the New Economy, and we have New Speak to go along with.
Anytime a sector, or industry, or region, or group, doesn't "meet their numbers", we just stop counting them. They don't exist until they start "meeting their numbers". This is the MBA way. Ain't it grand.
It's been working like a charm for decades. Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton, Bush-Clinton, Clinton-Bush, ...
After 7 years of Bush administration economic boom, tax cuts, and savings incentives, I am well poised for this little market blip.
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But, good grief, the economy is strong and doing well. Yes, we have inflation right now, but that can be dealt with.
Also the high gas prices can be dealt with.
A lot of agreement here -
“Shoot the messenger.”
Wonder who they poll when they do this garbage ? if your personal life don't keep up with the joneses your in recession ! 78% of Americans are whiners ? i find that hard to believe even if there were a recession ! the freeking store shops malls and car dealerships are packed everywhere you look even mom and pop places the ones that still exist are doing great ...but the economy is bad ...hmmmmm i think someone is full of shat !
POLL: Americans feel better about future...
Is this one supposed to key in our hope as promised by Obama. . .or 'what?'
Am sick of polls measuring either-cry-baby Americans or polls taken by them.
We are so damn fortunate; and with a Military yet; working it's behind off, so that we can freely complain about a raise of gas prices.
Wake-up America; we do not know the meaning of 'bad' in this country. A little self-dicipline and willing to suck up some sacrifice if that gas price hurts a little. Otherwise, get over it.
That said, believe the negativity here reflected in polls has to be rooted in the poll's own built-in misery index. Because things are NOT bad; and not that bad. ..
Cannot believe the results actually reflect opinion of any majority or class of citizens. Unless, of course, they poll mostly miserable Liberals - who are never happy about anything; save a high misery count.
“....47% say the national economy is in a recession...”
Idiots on display.
I think he’s an awesome President.
I go with Rasmussen Report’s approval rating. They usually do a 3 day rolling average and have just now gone to weekly.
Bush is at 35% Approval.
It's pathetic how many people look to the government as their savior.
Count me among the 14% who approve of the President.