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Most voters think the economy has shrunk in the past year, that taxes have gone up and that most of TARP money will be lost forever. �Those views may

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Oct 29 '10, 06:49

...driving their decisions in the mid-terms.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-29/poll-shows-americans-don-t-know-economy-expanded-with-tax-cuts.html (www.businessweek.com)

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This isn't a new phenomenon. Bush Sr. lost re'election becuase of a recession that had ended 18 months earlier iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:07
(This is where I have my second issue with Obama. The first being the DADT crap, but that he - and his admin - turned into horrible communicators.) -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 29, 07:03
That's all false but Obama IS a Muslim -- nm - Go Ducks! Bacon Oct 29, 06:55
People R dum. -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 06:52 7
- I think it's partly to do with the Dems' failure to sell their messages, and partly because it's hard to believe the economy is growing when jobs - Roger More Oct 29, 06:59 5
  - it's one thing to have corporate profits up, stocks rebounding and all the big tarp folks paying $ back since the govt backing helped... - x Oct 29, 07:42
  - Saw a very interesting interview with a guy who wrote the Time cover story a few weeks back about his trip across America - Lon_cHaneY Oct 29, 07:38
  - In my personal little world the economy is still screwed. -- nm - Go Ducks! Bacon Oct 29, 07:02 1
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  - and what improvement there has been has been incremental, slow and uneven - znufrii Oct 29, 07:02
- this -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:53
Not "may," they are driving decisions. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 06:51

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