Off on the wrong track

[Dan Goncharoff]

Perhaps we are on the right track, but off on the wrong foot?...

DanG



On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Katy Steinmetz
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> I just got some poll results from Ipsos that had this finding highlighted:
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> =B3Almost three-quarters (73%) of the public now think that things in this
> country are_=8Coff on the wrong track=B9_, which is the highest figure measured
> since we began tracking this question for Reuters in early 2009.=B2
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> Saying we=B9re =B3off=B2 on the wrong track rather than just on it seems to
> suggest our route was a lot more haphazard than purposeful. Like we
> collectively got distracted by our phones or some such.
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/us-usa-poll-idUSTRE7794EX20110810=
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