Billmon: Back to the Future

If this were 1994, instead of 2005, Newt Gringrich would be chortling with delight over the latest CBS poll, which shows the blue funk the voters have been since Katrina is getting worse, not better:

The public's concerns affect their view of the state of the country. 69 percent of Americans say things in the U.S. are pretty seriously off on the wrong track — the highest number since CBS News started asking the question in 1983. Today, just 26 percent say things are going in the right direction. (emphasis added)