Can you say "Blind optimism and euphoria?"
Can you say "honeymoon period"?
Can you say "naive"?
Americans can be so very, very stupid.
I think this poll -- assuming it's not totally fabricated -- is proof of that.
Everyone with a brain -- and a slight knowledge of history -- knows that the president can only do so much to avert something like a Great Depression.
These people actually think Obama is going to wave a magic wand and make all the pain go away! Ridiculous.
They should have asked them if Obama would make the lion lie down with the lamb -- I'm sure 60 or 65% would have said "yes".
76% say Obama can fix economy - poll
CNN survey shows about three-quarters believe Obama will improve economic conditions and calm markets.
By Lara Moscrip, CNNMoney.com contributing writer
November 13, 2008: 4:04 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans believe that President-elect Barack Obama can fix the economy.
According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, 76% of Americans said they believe it's likely that Obama will improve economic conditions.
In addition, 73% of those surveyed said they believe that Obama will bring stability to the financial markets.
Obama, who won 53% of the popular vote on Nov. 4, takes office Jan. 20. Many have compared the obstacles that face him to those Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted when he won the 1932 election.
Last week, speaking at his first press conference as president-elect, Obama said that the country is "facing the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime."
The poll was based on telephone interviews with 1,246 adult Americans conducted on Nov. 6-9, 2008. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Of those surveyed, 67% said they believe that Obama will stick to one of his most talked about promises: providing tax cuts to the middle class.
Obama's plans include providing a $1,000 tax cut for working couples making less than $250,000 and introducing other tax breaks for lower and middle-income households.
Another one of Obama's campaign pledges included leaving all tax cuts in place for everyone except couples making more than $250,000 and single filers making more than $200,000. Those high-income groups would see their top two income tax rates revert to 36% and 39.6% from 33% and 35%, respectively.
A majority surveyed in the CNN poll also believe that Obama's presidency will significantly reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil. Nearly two-thirds, or 63%, of respondents said that was somewhat or very likely to occur.