3 out of 4 Americans say country is going in wrong direction

If you want to be technical, it's 74 percent, according to a WSJ/NBC poll out tonight. That's slightly better than the 78 percent registered during the height of the financial crisis in 2008, but it's still pretty bad. And it makes you wonder how an incumbent gets reelected in this climate. But here's the topper: A plurality of respondents acutally supports President Obama's proposal to create jobs. From the Journal:

The poll also suggests how urgently Americans want Washington to do something about the economy, compared with reducing the federal deficit, which Congress has been angrily debating for months. Some 66% said that Mr. Obama and Congress should worry more about creating jobs than about reducing the deficit, while 30% said they should worry more about the deficit.

That so much attention continues to be placed on the deficit - thanks to those wacko House Republicans - tells you something about how poorly the White House has been telling its story.