On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:20:06 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:

> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:32:15 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you feel stimulated now?"
>>>
>>> I feel more upbeat about life in general than I did during the Bush
>>> regime.
>>>
>> So do I!!!!
>
> Ditto.
>
> Paul

y'all and a lot of other people:

WASHINGTON ¡V Millions of people jobless. Billions of dollars in bailouts.
Trillions of dollars in U.S. debt. And yet, for the first time in years,
more Americans than not say the country is on the right track.

In a sign that Barack Obama has inspired hopes for a brighter future in the
first 100 days of his presidency, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows that
48 percent of Americans believe the United States is headed in the right
direction ¡X compared with 44 percent who disagree.

The "right direction" number is up 8 points since February and a remarkable
31 points since October, the month before Obama's election.

[...]

And yet, this is the first time since January 2004 than an AP survey found
more "right direction" than "wrong direction" respondents. That fleeting
2004 burst of optimism came shortly after the capture of former Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein.

In recent years, the U.S. public has tended to be more pessimistic than
optimistic about the nation's future. The exceptions lasted just a few
months: the start of the Iraq war, the Sept. 11 attacks and late in the
Clinton administration.

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama100_days_ap_poll>

your pal,
blake