That saying goes a long way toward explaining the disconnect between recent statistics showing that the economy as a whole is in decent shape, and polls finding that economic anxiety is gripping many Americans.
A23 NATIONAL A14-22 VOpinionsnions on Issues Shape Race, Poll Finds Most Americans say they perceive pronounced differences in how Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush would handle health care, taxes, the environment and Supreme Court appointments, a New York Times/CBS News Poll found.
She believes that Obama is in better shape than the polls indicate.
Since January, more than a million jobs have been added to the payrolls, yet the percentage of people who say the economy is in good shape has dropped, polls say.
I actually agree with the conventional wisdom that Mr. Cain is in much worse shape than his polling would imply.
This latest poll is similar in shape to the Rasmussen poll out early this morning, with Romney in the lead with 27%, followed by Santorum on 24%, Gingrich third with 18% and Ron Paul at 11%.
But he will probably have to perform strongly in Iowa to get to those states in decent shape, and although recent polls show his numbers improving there, he lacks infrastructure in Iowa and fared very poorly in the Ames Straw Poll.
The map below uses the 22 state polls published so far to measure, at its start, the shape of the 2000 race.Our snapshot is unapologetically unscientific.
More intensely now than ever before, political ads are driving the polls and shaping the dizzying race.
"Why should someone run for political office if they're only going to shape their views to poll-driven responses?" he said in one of two recent interviews.
