It's gloomy out there. Men and women, whites and minorities — all are feeling a war-weary pessimism about the country seldom shared by so many people.Only 25% of those surveyed say things in the U.S. are going in the right direction, according to an AP-Ipsos poll this month. That is about the lowest level of satisfaction detected since the survey started in December 2003.
Rarely have longer-running polls found such a rate since the even gloomier days of 1992 ahead of the first President Bush's re-election loss to Democrat Bill Clinton.
The current glumness is widely blamed on public discontent with the war in Iraq and with President Bush. It is striking for how widespread the mood is among different groups of people.
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"I assume that the 25% of men/women polled who think the country is on the right track are either A) illegal aliens or B) Asian investors" -- slazenger
Racist bastard. He also got 4 "recommendations" placing him as the highest ranked comment on the front page. Tells you a little something about the people that read [and comment on] the USA Today...