Voters Show Darker Mood Than in 2000
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/us/politics/24change.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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The United States is depressed!
Americans seem to agree that compared to our political landscape 8 years ago, this one is very different and much gloomier.
People are deeply unsettled about the United States? place in the world and its ability to control its own destiny.
Americans feel a loss of autonomy, in their own lives and in the nation. Their politics are driven by the powerlessness they feel to control their financial well-being, their safety, their environment, their health and the country?s borders. They question whether each generation will continue to ascend the economic ladder. That the political system seems so impotent only deepens their frustration and their insistence on results.
Americans seem to agree that compared to our political landscape 8 years ago, this one is very different and much gloomier.
People are deeply unsettled about the United States? place in the world and its ability to control its own destiny.
Americans feel a loss of autonomy, in their own lives and in the nation. Their politics are driven by the powerlessness they feel to control their financial well-being, their safety, their environment, their health and the country?s borders. They question whether each generation will continue to ascend the economic ladder. That the political system seems so impotent only deepens their frustration and their insistence on results.
