average, for incumbent presidents, an average when they win, the consumer confidence index is 95.9%. when they lose, it s 78.4% the consumer nfidence index today is 55.7%. it s interesting you talk about that, also faith in adership. doris, this is a cartoon that we like this week from jimmy margulies from the record of hackensack, new jersey. of course, the president is visiting flood victims today. he in a boat beause ofhe flood zone with a copy of the polls in his hand, and he says i remember when i could walk on this water, which really symbolizes the fact that this was great expectations, and now there s a great amount of disappointment in the president, not just on the right, of course, but among his core supporters. i hope he s got enough sense of self to be able to save those cartoons. teddy roosevelt loved all of the terrible cartoons about m, put them all up on his wall. but i think the key thing right now, to pick up on what mark said, it s a political crisis as well
it s interesting to note that an average, for incumbent presidents, an average when they win, the consumer confidence index is 95.9%. when they lose, it s 78.4% the consumer nfidence index today is 55.7%. it s interesting you talk about that, also faith in adership. doris, this is a cartoon that we like this week from jimmy margulies from the record of hackensack, new jersey. of course, the president is visiting flood victims today. he in a boat beause ofhe flood zone with a copy of the polls in his hand, and he says i remember when i could walk on this water, which really symbolizes the fact that this was great expectations, and now there s a great amount of disappointment in the president, not just on the right, of course, but among his core supporters. i hope he s got enough sense of self to be able to save those cartoons. teddy roosevelt loved all of the terrible cartoons about m, put them all up on his wall. but i think the key thing right now, to pick up on what mark said
of the debate. it is the politics and the way politics are being handled in this country that is creating breakdown in confidence not just in the economy but in government and elected officials to handle it. the consumer confidence index is a key barometer, and it is interesting to note that an average for incumbent presidents, average when they win, consumer confidence is 95.9. losing, 78.4. today it is 55.7. you talk about also faith in leadership. doris, this is a cartoon we like this week from the record of hackensack, new jersey, and the president is visiting patterson today. he is in a boat because of the flood zone, has a copy of his polls in his hand and he says i remember when i could walk on this water, which to me symbolizes the fact that this was great expectations, that s a great amount of disappointment
happened. part of what s happened, it wasn t just the outcome, but the way it was handled that people were responding to. they ve completely lost confidence in government. and as a consequence, the economy as well. the consumer confidence index has dropped 15 points in just two months. listen to this. the average consumer measured consumer confidence when they win is 95.9. when they lose is .4. the index today is 55.7. gene, it is a curse on both houses. i don t know there s ever been an opportunity for an independent candidate to drive through this gaping hole in the middle of the american electorate that we have. i know everybody in washington is cynical, very cynical about the possibility of independent candidates winning. you re talking about it a couple days ago. the situation is much worse today than it was in 92 when ross perot did as well as he
panic, the japanese leadership on nuclear scientists are working with organizations from around the world in responding to the danger and keeping the rest of the world informed. so, there is no panic from the japanees leadership. well that is reassuring until you look at today s new york times. they are basically in a full scale panic among japanese power industry managers, said a senior nuclear industry executive. let s see what other expert advice senator alexander from tennessee can offer us. the tokyo electric power company has told us that the highest level of radiation detected on site to date is 155.7 miliram per hour. to help put that in perspective here are a couple facts. the average american receives about 300 miliram of radiation exposure each year from naturally occurring sources such as the sun. ah, i don t think senator alexander realizes what he just