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Poll: Most think country on wrong track By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 8 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Americans seem sour on the state of the union in advance of President Bush's address on the subject. A poll finds most believe the country is on the wrong track — a complete flip from five years ago.

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Most people also are not confident that Bush and the Democrats who now control Congress and share responsibility with him for running the country can work together to solve its problems, an Associated Press-AOL News poll finds.

At the same time, Americans see the president as likable, decisive and strong — but also stubborn. And only a minority think he is honest — 44 percent, down from 53 percent two years ago.

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Two-thirds of Americans, 66 percent, think the country is on the wrong track. That's about the same as a year ago, when 65 percent thought so, the poll found.

That's a stark reversal from mid-January 2002, when 68 percent said the country was on the right track and 29 percent said it was not. Then, the nation was still coming to grips with the terrorist strikes four months earlier on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. And, U.S. troops Bush sent to Afghanistan had toppled the Taliban government that harbored the terrorists believed responsible.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_union_ap_poll

Likable, decisive and strong??? Who are these people?