So... anyone else think that most of these polls are stupid, as it shows the average American wafts gently in the breezes of publicity?

57% describe the national economy as strong... up 10% from a month ago. Does this mean that the economy is 15-20% stronger than it was a month ago?

I read somewhere a pollster explaining Bush's huge drop off in approval ratings after the election. Basically during the election, especially after the GOP convention, Bush had a cheering propaganda squad that targeted the general public, pointing out why he was doing a good job especially on the most important issues.

After he was re-elected, all that basically stopped and the only people left talking about Bush and his agenda was the media and the Democrats who hate Bush and have nothing good to say about him or his policies. So his numbers fell, it'd be amazing if they didn't.

Jeff,

A similar thought occured to me. I wonder how strong a correlation there is between a president's approval ratings and the most volatile of (1) unemployment, (2) Dow Jones index, and (3) gas prices. Perhaps more, or different, economic indicators would form a more perfect model, but my guess is that I'm on to something here.

But, but but but
57%

you know?

57 motherfucking percent, spin that. So...

I mean come on! 57% thought Bush lied and should be impeached and then we would win in 2006 and then we could finally go after those damn Chri....

I mean, whatever, dudes. Polls, like suck.

This is why democracy in america is nothing but manufactured consent. I mean, we are literally days away from complete collapse in Iraq and I had to eat dog food again last night. Oh who am I kidding, I need some new factiod to memorize, I wonder what Joe Wilson is doing.

The New York Pravda is forced to reveal the truth it must be a miserble day for the NYT