61% of Americans polled say they are "dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States" right now.
Who can blame them?
We're in quite a mess right now, suffering under the most corrupt and incompetent administration in MY lifetime.
The neo-con right constantly blasts former President Clinton for just about anything and everything they can. And yet, most Americans now look back rather fondly at the Clinton years. If Clinton was so bad, what does this say about THIS President? Although a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey taken in 2001 indicated that 74% of Americans surveyed believed that Clinton would be remembered most for scandals (and the "liberal" media had nothing to do with that, did they?), it also found that 76% of Americans judged him to be average or above average (average 32%, above average 32%, outstanding 12%) as opposed to only 10% who judged him to be below average and 11% poor. And 60% believed that in the judgment of history his accomplishments would outweigh his failures.
Compare this with a recent Newsweek poll (September 29-30, 2005) that showed 78% of Americans judging George W. Bush as being average to below average (average 35%, below average 43%), while 19% of Americans thought he would be seen as above average.
I have nothing to say about that particular 19%. Make your own judgments.
And as far as the next Congressional election goes, the time might be ripe for change: several polls indicate the GOP is in a fair amount of trouble. A new Newsweek poll shows that 47% of Americans are leaning toward voting Democratic in the 2006 general election as opposed to 42% leaning Republican. A Pew poll puts the numbers at 52%-40% for the Democrats. Even FOX's poll, when it asked "Do you think it would be better for the country if Republicans or Democrats win next year's congressional elections?" found that Americans preferred the Democratic party by a margin of 40%-32%.
Change is in the air...
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