Chimpy matches his all-time low job approval rating in the newAP-IPSOS poll.
Bush Approval
Approve: 30% (unchanged, matches last month’s all-time low)
Disapprove: 66% (unchanged)Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?
Right Direction: 22% (-3%)
Wrong Track: 73% (+2%)
Meanwhile, I bet theRepublikkkans are overjoyed with the fact that they have selected a presidential candidatewho admits that he knows nothing about economics.
WASHINGTON – Employers slashed jobs by 63,000 in February, the most in five years, the starkest sign yet the country is heading dangerously toward recession or is in one already.
The Labor Department’s report, released Friday, also showed that the nation’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.8 percent as hundreds of thousands of people — perhaps discouraged by their prospects — left the civilian labor force. The jobless rate was 4.9 percent in January.
Job losses were widespread, with hefty cuts coming from construction, manufacturing, retailing, financial services and a variety of professional and business services. Those losses swamped gains elsewhere including education and health care, leisure and hospitality, and the government.
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The Labor report also showed that the job losses suffered in January were worse than the government first reported. Employers cut 22,000 jobs, versus 17,000.
It was the first monthly back-to-back job losses since May and June 2003, when the job market was still struggling to recover from the blows of the 2001 recession.
Look, I badly want the Democrats to win the White House. and I understand hyperbole, etc. But McCain did NOT say “he knows nothing about economics”. Not even close.
Here’s one version at least of what he did say:
[The issue of economics is something that I’ve really never understood as well as I should. I understand the basics, the fundamentals, the vision, all that kind of stuff,” he said. “But I would like to have someone I’m close to that really is a good strong economist. As long as Alan Greenspan is around I would certainly use him for advice and counsel.”
McCain said his staff hates it when he discusses his shortcomings on economics, even though he has read widely and studied the subject.]
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/mccain_he_wants_people_to_tell.html
This is ‘Al Gore and the internet’ stuff. We’re supposed to be better than that, aren’t we?
Lighten up, Frances.
how come people who are not happy with the direction, still think georgie is ok?
So, under the editorial policies around here, taking a quote out of context and then mis-representing that out-of-context quote ia A.O.K.? I’m not supposed to call you on something like that? Really?
Hmmm…
There is no editorial policy.
Lighten up.