Gallup: American Satisfaction at an All-Time Low

This election cycle is breaking records left and right. Here's a little nugget for W. to frame and hang in his presidential library.

It seems that only nine (yes, 9--that's not a typo) percent of Americans are "satisfied with the way things are going in the United States"---the lowest number ever measured by Gallup.



No real shocker for those of us who have been paying attention. But how much lower can it go? Might we reach 0 percent? Perhaps that's the October Surprise.

The previous record-low was 12 percent set back in 1979 during the gas shortages when Carter was president.
Spin that, McGollum.