(2002-10-07) — The latest New York Times-CBS-MSNBC poll results show that Americans think the economy is in trouble, and editors at the three news organizations couldn’t be happier.
“This shows that our message is getting through,” said one Times editor. “We’ve been telling people for months that their confidence in the ‘invisible hand’ of capitalism and free markets was misplaced. It’s good to see that they’re starting to believe us. We were worried for a while that American optimism and that bizarre can-do spirit would avert an economic crisis.”
According to the Times story about the poll, “In recent days many Democrats have grown glum about the upcoming election, arguing that Mr. Bush and the White House have successfully drowned out domestic issues that the Democrats had hoped to capitalize on with his talk of war. Many Democrats had even feared that the debate over war had undermined their chances of winning the House and holding on to their one-seat margin in the Senate.”
Editors at the three news organizations said they were still concerned that Americans overwhelmingly support military action against Iraq, even if it involves substantial casualties.
“Well, you can’t always get what you want,” said the Times editor. “But now that we know our ‘economy stinks’ message is resonating, we can devote more effort to showing people what’s wrong with American foreign policy.”
Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democrat National Committee, sent a nice thank you card to the companies that paid for the survey.
“They saved us thousands of dollars,” McAuliffe said. “Plus they’ve been kind enough to run our news releases daily, almost verbatim and without attribution. We’re indebted to them.”

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