I guess other people are more proud of the country than Michelle Obama. (I’m not tired of throwing in that reference yet, are you?)
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Growing confidence in the future and slightly warmer views of President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress put Americans in a better mood this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
The Reuters/Zogby Index, which measures the mood of the country, rose sharply to 99.3 in February from last month’s 94.2, putting it at the highest level since August.
Approval ratings for Bush climbed to 34 percent from 31 percent last month, and positive ratings for Congress inched up from 14 percent to a still-low 17 percent.
Concerns about personal finances, job security, safety and the direction of the country all eased at least slightly in the last month, brightening the outlook for Americans who had slipped into a funk around the holidays.
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Despite worries about a recession, the number of Americans who think the country is on the wrong track shrank to a still-high 62 percent, down from 68 percent.
Let’s see. Congress really sucks, Bush sucks less than Congress, Bush sucks less than he previously sucked, and we’re at 99.3– which is a sharp rise, apparently.
Did Bush’s numbers, along with the direction of the country, go up because people are seeing the sorry bunch we’ve settled on for November? I know I appreciate our little pretzel-puzzled amnesty-inducer more and am savoring his last year in office based on what we’re going to get next.
But this good news doesn’t make sense! I thought we were all starving for hope with voids in our souls that only a certain vapid candidate can fill?
