The latest CBS/NY Times Poll shows that the desire for change is stronger than it has been in recent memory.
Wrong Track Article
In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track," up from 69 percent a year ago and 35 percent in early 2002.
Although the public mood has been darkening since the early days of the war in Iraq, it has taken a new turn for the worse in the last few months, as the economy has seemed to slip into recession. There is now nearly a national consensus that the country faces significant problems.
This is the environment that Barack Obama's message, position and organization has been tapping into. And much of the media and the nation was feeling this throughout the early campaign. But it appears as if we've been caught up in the horse race and are forgetting about why we need a dramatic change in Washington and why most of the country agrees.
So let's bring the "C" word back into our narrative. We need change. We need change. We REALLY REALLY need change.