NYT: 81% of Americans say country on wrong track

“Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll.

In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed ‘things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track,’ up from 69 percent a year ago and 35 percent in early 2002.

Although the public mood has been darkening since the early days of the war in Iraq, it has taken a new turn for the worse in the last few months, as the economy has seemed to slip into recession. There is now nearly a national consensus that the country faces significant problems.”

(…) Only 21 percent of respondents said the overall economy was in good condition, the lowest such number since late 1992, when the recession that began in the summer of 1990 had already been over for more than a year. In the latest poll, two in three people said they believed the economy was in recession today. NY Times

Welcome back to reality.

Clinton likens herself to Rocky

“‘Let me tell you something,’ she told labor leaders firmly in Philadelphia. ‘When it comes to finishing the fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up.’” NY Times

Of course Rocky also lost in the original movie.

Dean: Dems will seat Fla. delegates if Obama says it’s ok

“Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday the party was committed to seating Florida’s delegates at this summer’s convention as long as any agreement is supported by the party’s two presidential contenders.” AP

Florida knew the rules established by the Democratic National Committee: Have the primary on the date you want (too early) and we will not seat your delegates.

Pretty simple to understand, isn’t it? You’d think Even politicians in Floridaland should be able to grasp that.

Now the DNC caves in and tells Florida that even though they went against all the rules laid out, they will be seated and get to vote as long as Obama says it’s ok. (We all know Hillary will not have a problem with it because she “won” Florida.)

If Obama now says “no” to the FL delegates he will likely lose quite a number of FL superdelegates who previously said they’d support him. How could they vote for him if he disses their entire state?

If he says “yes” he may get some superdelegates, but will also mostly lose his lead because Hillary will be getting more than he does.

In essence the Democratic Committee not only said their own rules aren’t important, they also made a race that’s too close even closer.

Wow, that’s stupid.

Not only that, it’s precisely what the DNC vowed to prevent.