Americans more downbeat than at any time since Carter, poll says
WASHINGTON – As President Obama begins his second term, he is facing an increasingly pessimistic public who believes that America’s best days are behind them.
According to a recently released Gallup poll, 39 percent of Americans rated the current climate of the country as positive. That’s about the same as it was in 2010 — and has been the lowest recorded by Gallup since President Jimmy Carter’s term in 1979.
Gallup asked Americans to rate their feelings about the country today, five years from now and five years ago. Based on a scale of 0 to 10, the 39 percent of Americans gave a 6-to-10 rating when asked to evaluate the nation’s current climate.
Taken together with the 2010 reading, that’s just above where the country was at the end of the Carter term — when inflation was high and the economy was reeling. At that time, just 34 percent had a positive outlook.
Optimism steadily rose after 1979, peaking in about 2001 at 73 percent — since the 9/11 terror attacks, national optimism has steadily declined.
Now, with unemployment slightly below 8 percent and economic growth continuing at a meager pace, a similar malaise may be setting in. Even the outlook on the future is down. Forty-eight percent were upbeat about where the country will be in five years, also the lowest since 1979.
The survey also found that most Americans’ attitudes toward the status of the country are connected to their political views. Republicans believe that when there is a GOP president in power, things are better. The same rings true of Democrats and their mood based on the party in power.
When it comes to the future, the polling agency found a 60 percentage-point partisan difference in optimism. Only 15 percent of Republicans felt positive about the future, compared to 75 percent of Democrats.
The Gallup poll results are based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-10, 2012, with 1,011 adults. There is a 4 percentage point margin of error.
Treasury Joins FBI, Congress in Investigating Stimulus Loan to Failed Solar Panel Company The Treasury Department has launched an investigation into a now-defunct solar panel company’s $528 million stimulus loan, focusing specifically on the federal bank that processed it. The loan to Solyndra has set off a firestorm on Capitol Hill, with a Republican-led House committee releasing emails suggesting the White House had pressured budget officials i … Read More
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Obama has just assured the democrats (and why we still call them democrats, is beyond me) a whole new voting bloc: “Having failed in the legislative process, the Obama administration has simply decided to usurp Congress’s constitutional authority and implement an amnesty program for millions of illegal aliens,” FAIR President Dan Stein said. “This step by the White House amounts to a complete abrogation of the president’s duty to enforce the laws … Read More
It is now evident to all Americans that the decision to elect one Barrack H. Obama as our President has been a huge mistake. As a result, America now suffers one of the worst Recessions in recent history because a slim majority voted for the Hope and Deranged beliefs that was being preached by the “Anointed One” during the Campaign of 2008. Knowing very little about … Read More
Who’d A Thunk? Maybe Laughing and Joking about the dire outlook for our economy isn’t so funny for those of us who knew your plans for America were destructive instead of constructive and are beginning to get involved and speak out against you Mr. President. Perhaps your War against Libya without Congressional Approval will bring about your Impeachment. Perhaps your flagrant disregard for the Constitution of the Un … Read More
After all, this is America…and anyone who disagrees with or opposes this President can only be doing it for one reason and one reason only…..
R A C I S M
Imagine that, requiring Common Sense Photo Identification at our Voting Booths!
You know, to prevent Fraud!
Democrats Claim GOP Conspiracy: Showing Photo ID at Polls Keeps Poor, Minorities From Voting
Would being required to show a photo ID at the voting booth prior to casting your ballot deter you from voting? According to some Democrats, yes, it can, and will. Especially if you are a minority, a senior, a student, or are poor.
But who are the ones Democrats claim are seeking to discourage minorities from voting? Republicans, of course.
Rev. Jessie Jackson and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge along with their supporters claim a “Rovian” conspiracy is underway by the GOP to bar minorities, students, the elderly, and the poor from accessing the ballot box.
During a press conference attended by House Democrats including Sheila Jackson Lee, Fudge said of Republicans:
“I guess they don’t think that we understand that they’re trying to keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting, we are not stupid,” she told reporters at a Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday alongside liberal activist Rev. Jesse Jackson.
“We understand that this is by design — when you go to every state that a Republican governor, where there’s a Republican governor, they are doing this across this country and we’re just not going to take it,” said Fudge.
Currently, there are 16 states that now have laws “requiring” or “requesting” voters to present photo ID prior to casting a ballot, but even that is apparently too many for Democrats, who seem to think no real identification should be required at all.
UPDATE: MORE CHARGES OF RACISM COMING FROM SHEILA JACKSON LEE:
Sheila Jackson Lee: GOP Complicating Debt Debate Because Obama is Black
During the entire debt ceiling debate thus far, has the thought of “race” popped into your head at all? Could the two be related in some way, shape, or form? For Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who conservatives believe often plays the race-card to deflect attention from the issues at hand, of course they are!
On Friday The Hill reported that Jackson Lee thinks members of Congress are purposely making it difficult for President Obama to raise the debt ceiling because he is black. Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, reportedly said she doesn’t understand the “maligning and maliciousness” she sees being directed toward Obama. She also believes the President is “disrespected” because “he is different.”
“Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully? Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times? Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?”
those so-called Republican/Teaparty astro-turfing redneck illiterate racist tea-bagging racist selfish gun-toting racist Bible-carrying small-minded terrorist Jihadist-hating anti-communism torture-loving townhall-ranting non-existent 912 DC rallying racist tobacco chewing carbon-dioxide spewing racist confederate-nazi troglodytes and neanderthals, (did I mention racist?)
to have an opinion…..
Editors Note:
I am convince that of all the Races in this Country it seems to be that African Americans are the ones who cry Racism the most. Honestly, I believe it is Black Hatred for Whites that is behind this and I believe that Blacks tend to be more Racist than any other Race. There I said it and everyone knows its true.
What they leave out is that poor people who get any kind of government help, as well people who get any benefit from SS are required by law to have a photo ID to get those benefits. If you drive you are required to have a photo ID. It’s not the poor or the minorities that don’t have photo ID, it’s only the illegals!
Someone should take the time to ask her if all the nasty things she and the other black member of Congress said about George Bush were racist because he is white, and that is just different, and that perhaps, she has a problem understanding white people. After all there must have been some reason that they hated Bush so much, it couldn’t have been because of his policies. They weren’t much different than Obama’s!
Friday marks six months since the Tucson shooting which severely injured Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the White House is now hinting it’s prepared to add its own voice to the gun control dialogue that tragedy reignited. “As you know, the President directed the Attorney General to form working groups with key stakeholders to identify common-sense measures that would improve Americans’ safety and security while fully respecting Seco … Read More
Why the shocked look America? We have all watched as this Treasonous President has systematically been dismantling America’s economy and military defenses all the while dividing the American People over Race and Ideology. His announcement comes as no surprise to this writer as he attempts to surrender Israel to the mercies of an Islamic Jihad calling for the Death of Israel and America. All one has to do is look at the life of Barack Obama and hi … Read More
