Fundamentally promising
by digby
This is for all you political fundamentalists who believe that elections turn on how people feel about the economy:
A new CNN/ORC poll found that 52% of respondents approve of the way that Obama is handling the economy—it’s only the second time since 2009 that a majority of Americans has felt this way. And it reflects the tentative, but growing optimism that the public has about the economy overall. “Overall, 49% say the economy is in good shape, 51% doing poorly. But more, 56%, say they expect things to be in good shape a year from now,” CNN explains.
I tend to think that people vote on more than pocketbook issues but it's still a huge indicator no matter what. if the economy is doing better and people feel confident in the future they are much less likely to vote for big "change."
Happy New Year everyone!
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