Another Wacko Poll

Where do they find all those manic depressives?

Headlined on the front page of this morning's NYTimes is a new poll showing:

70 percent think El Presidente will succeed in "changing Social Security"

43 percent expect most forms of abortion to be illegal by the time Mr. Bush finishes his second term, but 71 percent support some forms of legal abortion

"Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they were generally optimistic on the eve of Mr. Bush's swearing-in about the next four years, but clear majorities disapproved of Mr. Bush's management of the economy and the war in Iraq"

"Nearly two-thirds said a second Bush term would leave the country with a larger deficit, while 47 percent said that a second Bush term would divide Americans"

"A majority of those surveyed said that they did not expect any improvement in health care, education, or in reducing the cost of prescription drugs for the elderly by January 2009"

"Just under 80 percent, including a majority of those who said they voted for Mr. Bush in November, said it would not be possible to overhaul Social Security, cut taxes, and finance the war in Iraq without increasing the budget deficit, despite Mr. Bush's promises to the contrary"

56 percent said the country has gone off on the wrong track

"50 percent said it was a 'bad idea' to permit workers to divert part of their payroll taxes into the stock market, as Mr. Bush is expected to propose. That number leaps to 70 percent when the question includes the possibility that future guaranteed benefits would be reduced by as much as one-third"

53 percent of Americans think the war in Iraq will not have been worth the loss of American life if unconventional weapons are never found

75 percent said Mr. Bush had no clear plan for getting out of Iraq