[KarlInOhio]

Yikes. I didn't realize how predictive I was. I was just responding to the exerpt, but then read the rest of the article and saw that the quote from AP actual used "malaise" in the very next paragraph.

[nutmeg]

Yep, Karl you got it... start spreading that 'ol Jimmy Carter-era term around: "MALAISE" in association with Obama.

Rush pointed out this paragraph in the AP article at the start of his show today:

People were gloomier about the direction of the country than in October. They disapproved of Obama’s handling of the economy a bit more than before. And, perhaps most striking for the commander in chief, more people have lost confidence in Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan over the last month. Overall, there’s a malaise about the state of the nation. …