Eight years of Bush

The Pew report has just released a report on the state of America now and at the start of the Bush presidency.

You can read the full reportt here and there are few surprises.

For example

A mere 13% of Americans are now satisfied with the way things are going in the country, compared with 55% eight years ago. And while 61% applauded at Clinton's curtain call, only 24% approve of Bush's performance as he leaves the national stage.

and

By the end of 2000, concerns had mounted that the good times of the late 1990s were at an end. Still Americans were far less pessimistic about the state of the economy than they are currently. At the start of Bush's tenure, the number judging the economy as good or better stood at 46%. Now a meager 7% voice that opinion. About three-in-four Americans now see jobs as hard to find in their communities compared with 44% in 2000.

But after 8 years of a God administration it was interesting that there were 29 per cent compared to 12 per cent who thought there was too much expression of religious faith by their leaders but 36 per cent compared to 22 per cent thought the reverse

Hat Tip Mark Comerford