Tuesday, July 21, 2009

AP-GfK Poll: Great hopes for Obama fade to reality


Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- That was fast. The hope and optimism that washed over the country in the opening months of Barack Obama's presidency are giving way to harsh realities.

An Associated Press-GfK Poll shows that a majority of Americans are back to thinking that the country is headed in the wrong direction after a fleeting period in which more thought it was on the right track.

The number of people who think Obama can improve the economy is down a sobering 19 percentage points from the euphoric days just before his inauguration.

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