Pollings

Never let it be said that our capacity for self-delusion isn't our greatest national resource. Because either we're taking a look at increasing job losses and economy shrinkage and flashing the double thumbs up or we're going to find out two decades from now that scientists have conclusively proven we got dumber as a species at about this point. Maybe I'm being too harsh, the poll clearly doesn't have a data point entry for people who simply shrugged their shoulders and simply said "It can't possibly get worse than this....right?" I'm betting the Times counted those as"economy is getting better."

Among other findings of this poll, Mr. Barry's popularity is thus far unkillable, possibly requiring dark magics, mystical weapons, and another few months of these economic conditions to fully start knocking it down. On the other hand the poll has found time to put another bullet in the head of Republican leadership, I mean "leadership", which at this point must have a skull consisting of only empty shell casings and hollow point fragments. Republicans clock in at a 25 year low, marking them as sligthy more popular than "leaving your kids with a notorious child molesting cannibal" and slightly less popular than "13 course tasting menu at restaurant that fishes drowned animals out of a sewage treatment plant."

So let's all hope optimism that things will get better is the same as things actually getting better. Because while we have lots of evidence of one, it's that second rascal we're having a hard time getting a bead on.