“the most APOLITICAL people in the universe are on tenterhooks about the financial situation.”
I doubt that’s the case this week for the adult population as a whole. Many people have still heard little about the financial crisis, or they pay little attention to details until something actually happens. I know some people who’re furious and some who consider it typical politicians’ rhetoric, and some who’ve given it little thought. It’ll spread to more people each day, and depending on what happens, more and more people will form some opinion in the coming days.
I think xsmommy is right, most people are gravely concerned about the economy right now. My 26 year old daughter has two banks she deals with- a biggie and a small hometown bank and she called me last week to ask me which bank I thought was safer for most of her money to be. Last night I was in a college computer lab where the freshman were supposed to be working on a reading assignment, this is a remedial reading class and all they could talk about was whether or not we are going into a major depression like the 1930s.
AS BETWEEN THE TWO, debate and financial situation, i assure you the rank and file are MORE interested in the financial crisis. I’m an attorney, granted my colleagues are more interested in the financial situation than say, the support staff, but the debate? no one, save hard core political junkies are interested in the debate. If i overstated the interest in the financial situation, fine, that’s my experience, but no way the rank and file are interested in this debate, which was your contention.