Depression…

“(CNN) — Americans will usher in the new decade less hopeful than they were at the dawn of the millennium in 2000, says a new national poll.

In 1999, 85 percent of Americans surveyed said they were hopeful about their own future, and 68 percent said they were hopeful for what the New Year boded for the world.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday found 69 percent of Americans hopeful for their future, and 51 percent hopeful for the world.”

That’s a 13 point drop in ten years. Of course CNN and liberals would have us believe that it’s all a hangover from the Bush years, but considering their overall negative feelings about Barack Obama, it’s more likely the later than the former.