[George Stupidnopolis]

Any time I start to think the country might be going in the wrong direction, I simply state two little words:

President Kerry

After considering that possibility, things don't look too bad

[DJ MacWoW]

Look for a LOT more articles like this since his base started dining on him.

[Mini-14]

Count me among those who think Bush is leading the country down the wrong path. I've lost complete confidence in him.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Nobody seems to think we are heading in the right direction.

We are often told that the government will end up being ruled from the middle, where everybody will be happy.

But we are being ruled from the middle, and it turns out NOBODY is happy. Liberals are still upset, and now conservatives are upset.

And moderates? Some are upset because upset is right in the middle between upset and upset.

Other moderates just haven't figured out which upset to be yet, so they aren't upset yet.

This is why, in the end, governing in the middle isn't a viable strategy. That and the fact that taking some ideas from each side gives you a result that is certain to fail.

We are spending too much. But that should make liberals happy, but they hate the war, and plus they simply hate that Bush is president.

What we are now learning is that the democrats won't be happy until democrats are in charge. So the republicans aught to be steering to the right, because they are just pissing off the ONLY PEOPLE who will every support them.

[txrangerette]

The nation is going in the wrong direction. Bush is one of the better Presidents we have ever had. What is the problem? The two are not mutually exclusive. DUH.

[dr_who_2]

Next week, the AP will be reporting on the high percentage of Bush voters who have entertained thoughts of suicide, the number of Republicans who think Karl Rove and Tom Delay are evil, etc...

[calex59]

If we are going in the wrong direction it is the direction the Dems and other liberals have pushed us in. Bush has us going in the right direction, mostly. He is not perfect, as is no one in this world.

[Old Seadog]

So what, if Bush's polls go down? He is not running again. I have never been a strong Bush supporter. I voted for him because I am a committed Republican and I still am. I don't think people who are disappointed in his performance are going to change party.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

Mostly, it appears to be voters perception of the economy that's been undergoing a steady decline.

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[flashbunny]

wait a minute, I was told only the elitists were upset with what Bush is doing????

[cynicom]

Disregard anything that the unwashed masses may have to say. What do they know anyway.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Well, like the man Yogi said, when you come to a fork in the road, take it.

[Biblebelter]

The Democrats and some stupid pollsters read the right track wrong track polls as an indication that Bush would lose in 2004. The fact is that a lot of people who thought the country was on the wrong track voted for Bush or he would not have won. That can be translated into many people were smart enough to vote for the devil they did know instead of the devil they didn't know. The wrong track crowd should not personalize the nation's problems with Bush. I see two corrupt, incompetent, and clueless political parties as the problem. These parties need new blood and it will not be found with Washington insiders and the ever growing cadre of politically correct political hacks.

[Names Ash Housewares]

AP up to its old tricks. Same ol same ol.

[olde north church]

I'd like to recommend FR go the way of say, "Rush 24". Lurk for free but pay to post. It might not keep out all the troll and liars but prevent a damn site more than post here now.

[murphE]

I think that "is this country going in the right direction or wrong direction?" is one of the stupidest questions I have ever been asked by a pollster.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

The interesting thing about the steady slip in the "handling the economy" numbers is that objectively the economy isn't doing badly - I don't think this poll is actually measuring opinion of President's performance as much as it's measuring voters economic confidence generally, it appears to me that’s what happening is that a substantial number of additional voters feel that that they are holding even or even losing ground under "acceptable" economic conditions.

Since it’s more likely that economic conditions will be unchanged or worse in the fall of ’06 than that they will be noticeably better, this could mean additional problems for Republicans... though given the very low current approval of Congress in general a lot will depend on my much of this sentiment is specifically anti-Republican and how much
is broadly anti-incumbent.

[Malesherbes]

I agree that the country is going in the wrong direction, but I also know that under the Dims things would be a hundred times worse.

[nightowl]

Today's Rasmussen Poll has the Prez's Job Approval at 48% Approve and 51% Disapprove. That is an improvement from from recent polling which got down to 43 or 44%. It equals his highest approval for September or so far in October.

55% say Tom DeLay is as ethical as the rest of the politicians....HeeHee!

Remember, Rasmussen got the Presidential election exactly right and state by state polls as well. He is very credible and polls everyday and his poll reflects the rolling 3-day average.

[harpo11]

Since the Stuck on Stupid MSM seems to enjoy writing fairy tales, this perhaps is one of their most fictional to date. Even though I expect those with the best creative skills and imagination to be working very hard creating much more fantastical tales as their forked tongues waggle and salivate in anticipation of their final victory over President Bush and the Republicans and gain the throne of power that they insanely bray was stolen from them in 2000.

The only "wrong direction" I can see is allowing these fantasy writers of fabrication and manipulation an opportunity to change the course of our destiny in such a capriciously fallacious and egregious manner.

Anyway, why listen to a bunch of blowhards that supported without much thought or conscience Bill Clinton and his band of merry marauding miscreants.