April 3, 2008
Weak Economy Sours Public’s View of Future, New Poll Finds

By DAVID LEONHARDT and MARJORIE CONNELLY
New York Times

Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll.

In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed that “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track,â€