[lbo-talk] public mood

[Bill Hoffman]

I think that is probably true, as far as it goes, but not terribly
important. Public opinion need not be "correct" or "true" in some
metaphysical sense to be an element in the political equations of elites. It
merely has to be known to those elites.

On Jan 26, 2008 2:01 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


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> Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > Gallup is doing near-daily reports on U.S. public sentiment on the
> > economy. It's sagging pretty hard.
>
> I would presume that a large proportion of the responses are a report by
> people who don't read newspapers on what the person in their work unit
> who does read newspapers is telling them about the economy.
>
> Carrol
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