Statistics can be manipulated to prove any argument. Nothing supports this statement more than the “right track/wrong track” poll. What does it mean anyway? The question is “are we on the right track?” Well, Americans with very different opinions on every issue, including who they will vote for can answer yes to that. Conservatives can say “I believe the country is on the wrong track by voting for liberals and amnesty and not drilling in Alaska.” Liberals can say we are on the wrong track because of the war, even talking about drilling, and not letting every terrorist from every part of the world fly first class on our domestic flights.
And why does “right track/wrong track” signify a poor outlook on Republicans? The Democratic Congress has worse poll numbers than the President in recent history and had a quicker fall from grace than any Congress in recent memory. So why not write about how that is bad news for democratic incumbents in Congress? Hmm…maybe because of your partisanship…
