The AP, High on O, Reports on a Poll

A new AP survey finds that despite worries about jobs, job losses, the economy, and the federal debt, Americans are feeling good about the president and the direction of the country: 64 percent of those polled approve of Obama’s job performance, down just slightly from 67 percent in February, and 48 percent say the country is headed in the right direction, up from 40 percent in February. And the AP’s crack team of reporters make sure we get the good news:

Barack Obama has used the first 100 days of his presidency to lift the public’s mood and inspire hopes for a brighter future. . . . [M]ost Americans consider their new president to be a strong, ethical and empathetic leader who is working to change Washington. . . . Nobody knows how long the honeymoon will last, but Obama has clearly transformed the yes-we-can spirit of his candidacy into a tool of governance. . . . Obama is not the first president who sought to tap the deep well of American optimism – the never-say-die spirit that Americans like to see in themselves.

Wait a minute-am I hallucinating? Or is this supposed to be an opinion piece? Not until the bottom of the report do we learn that “Of those who say the country is on the right track . . . 73 percent are Democrats, 17 percent are independents and 10 percent are Republicans.” Never mind-we’re happy as hell, and we’re not gonna be negative any more!

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