DeclinetoState
01-31-2008, 07:31 AM
By NANCY BENAC and TREVOR TOMPSON, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — American voters have a decidedly negative view of how things are going in the country but they are confident that the next president will have the power to change much of what is wrong.
Some things, however, may be too much even for the president to change.
According to a new Associated Press-Yahoo! News survey, large majorities of voters believe the president has considerable sway on issues such as inflation, interest rates, the federal deficit, taxes and more. Fully three-quarters believe the president has at least some influence over health care costs. And 69 percent can see the president making gasoline prices go up or down.
They are less certain, though, about the president's ability to change how things really work in Washington: 55 percent think it's possible; 44 percent are doubtful, no matter who's elected.
Call it optimism with a cynical streak. Or cynicism with an optimistic streak.
More (http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-change;_ylt=Arqi14YtVhOIuanKazSW4cCs0NUE)
People sure as hell aren't going to get "change" if they elect Hillary, and Obama is still too green (as in inexperienced) to ever effect real change. As for McCain . . . don't make me laugh. Huckabee, being from the same neck of the woods as Bill Clinton, can't be too promising. Romney, coming from the same state as Teddy Kennedy, is nonetheless perhaps the best hope for "change."
However, being a conservative, I'm always skeptical of those who promise to bring about change, since it's almost always change for the worse.
WASHINGTON (AP) — American voters have a decidedly negative view of how things are going in the country but they are confident that the next president will have the power to change much of what is wrong.
Some things, however, may be too much even for the president to change.
According to a new Associated Press-Yahoo! News survey, large majorities of voters believe the president has considerable sway on issues such as inflation, interest rates, the federal deficit, taxes and more. Fully three-quarters believe the president has at least some influence over health care costs. And 69 percent can see the president making gasoline prices go up or down.
They are less certain, though, about the president's ability to change how things really work in Washington: 55 percent think it's possible; 44 percent are doubtful, no matter who's elected.
Call it optimism with a cynical streak. Or cynicism with an optimistic streak.
More (http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-change;_ylt=Arqi14YtVhOIuanKazSW4cCs0NUE)
People sure as hell aren't going to get "change" if they elect Hillary, and Obama is still too green (as in inexperienced) to ever effect real change. As for McCain . . . don't make me laugh. Huckabee, being from the same neck of the woods as Bill Clinton, can't be too promising. Romney, coming from the same state as Teddy Kennedy, is nonetheless perhaps the best hope for "change."
However, being a conservative, I'm always skeptical of those who promise to bring about change, since it's almost always change for the worse.