2016 Postmortem

flpoljunkie

(26,184 posts) Sun Aug 26, 2012, 10:24 AM Aug 2012

Ever wonder if the right track/wrong numbers have more to do with Congress than President Obama?

The latest NBC/WSJ poll shows Congress with an all time disapproval of 82%. The right track/wrong track numbers are 32%/61%. Perhaps there's a connection here.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/August_NBC-WSJ_Int_Sched.pdf

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Ever wonder if the right track/wrong numbers have more to do with Congress than President Obama? (Original Post) flpoljunkie Aug 2012 OP

A Congress, led by a do nothing Republican House, which has been the most obstructionist in history. flpoljunkie Aug 2012 #1

Exactly ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #2

You know how it works. Igel Aug 2012 #3

flpoljunkie

(26,184 posts)

1. A Congress, led by a do nothing Republican House, which has been the most obstructionist in history.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:17 AM

Aug 2012

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

2. Exactly ...

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:44 AM

Aug 2012

Why I pay little attention to that metric.

Igel

(35,337 posts)

3. You know how it works.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 12:17 PM

Aug 2012

When your guy's in office ...

Low gas prices? Praise the president.

Low unemployment? Praise the president.

Increasing wages? Praise the president.

Low inflation? Praise the president.

Country on "right path"? Praise the president.

But ...

High gas prices? Blame somebody: speculators, Arabs, Chavez/Iran, oil companies, storms.

High unemployment? Blame predecessor, blame corporations, blame the rich, blame the foreigners, blame the media for talking down the economy.

Flat or decreasing wages? Blame employers, blame productivity gains, blame foreign immigrants.

High inflation? Blame gougers, blame foreign governments' trade/tariff policies, blame the upper- and upper-middle-classes for unsustainable consumption.

Country on "wrong path"? Blame Congress, blame the media.

Sign affidavits to this effect and have copious testimony that this is the Absolute Truth.

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