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...hope, of course, is that the impression of U.S. technological pre- eminence will bring other rewards. "If there is a long-lasting effect of the war, it is the tremendous confidence that Americans have rediscovered in themselves, in their industries and in their country," observes Sheldon Kamieniecki, a specialist in political opinion at the University of Southern California. In the past decade, he argues, Americans came to believe they could not produce reliable products and had lost the technological war to Germany and Japan. "This was built in to the American psyche during the '80s on so many talk shows...
...applaud Bush's handling of the economy, while 71% feel he spends too little time on domestic affairs. Yet his overall approval rating flutters around 72%. "People are perfectly capable of believing in a national ascendancy and not linking it to our inability to solve our social problems," says Kamieniecki. "That unfortunate dichotomy is part of the reason we don't solve our social problems." The same forgiveness extends to the President's failure to bring a speedy end to the recession...
...into their lives. Regulations that lead to the creation of new bureaucracies are not attractive to citizens who are fed up with the inefficiency of government red tape. "People want to be more certain and careful about how their money is spent to clean up the environment," says Sheldon Kamieniecki, an associate professor at the University of Southern California...