Interesting poll addressing job losses if someone has time to dig into it

Mentioned in this blog, links embedded in the blog

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/john-farrell/2008/09/03/will-sarah-palin-talk-about-paychecks-or-flags-tonight.html

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But the words that keep dancing to the fore of my political reasoning don't come from any address, or platform, or remarks.

They are about the economy. And they come from an analysis of a respected "Battleground" poll, conducted in August by a bipartisan group of pollsters.

The poll showed the presidential race tied, but that is old news now. What struck me were these words from the Republican pollsters.

Among the voters polled, "nearly half (46%) have either dealt with a job loss for either themselves (9%) or a friend (8%), family member (20%), coworker (1%), or a combination thereof."

Said the GOP pollsters: "This is a staggering figure and reinforces the view that this economy is not just an anxiety economy, but an economy where many are experiencing real loss."

In other words, we are not a bunch of whiners griping about a psychological recession, as Phil Gramm so famously said, before being dismissed as John McCain's economic wizard.

Gramm may (or may not) be gone, but it certainly looks as if his viewpoint lingers on in the Republican ranks. I have been waiting for the GOP speakers in St. Paul to shift from biography to economics, and so far they're not doing it."

…what chance have we got, really?

Obama and Biden are spending all their time locking up swing states talking about economic issues.