The title of this post was not mine, but of the media. I left this post up thinking someone would point out we have a roaring economy, unemployment is low, ect., and yet Americans have this negative view that all is “bleak.” I would say the media’s fixation on all that is bad, meaning Iraq, oil. Yes, Iraq is not going well, yes, gas prices are irritable, and the borders need more attention. But that’s about it folks. “My God, that’s it!,” you cry. We’ve lost several thousand soldiers during this war… I can’t buy that extra bottle of chardonnay because of gas prices, and those poor Mexicans…
(CBS) President Bush and the Republican Congress show nearly record low ratings while Democrats are viewed much more favorably in their performance on the issues that matter most to Americans, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.
Only 31% of those polled approve of Mr. Bush’s job performance and 68% believe the United States is worse off today than it was before Bush became president.
Personal evaluations of Mr. Bush are the lowest they’ve ever been during his presidency. On the public’s confidence in Bush’s ability to handle a crisis, 51% had been the previous low in September 2005. That figure is now at 50%. The President’s handling of the Hurricane Katrina crisis is tied to that decrease.
