Talk:It's the economy, stupid

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I don't know how to go about doing it, but I believe the title of this entry should be changed, since the phrase used by Carville was simply "The economy, stupid," minus the first word.

I disagree. "It's the economy stupid!" is how the phrase became famous and was/is quoted/referred to. --Soylentyellow 16:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Last Sentence

"Although it is often cited as a Clinton campaign slogan, the phrase was only used internally, and did not become public until shortly after the election."

It's right that it wasn't a campaign slogan, but I think it became public well before the end of the campaign. Towards the end of The War Room George Stephanopoulous refers to this line of the 'haiku' by saying something like "I think if you did a Lexis search for it it would come up in a million different places."

[edit] Meaning

It's rather ridiculous to have an article about this without explaining the meaning...--Chealer 01:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. This is quite frustrating. After wasting some time on a Google search, I found that the phrase was coined originally to remind Clinton campaigners to concentrate on talking about the importance of economic issues.

Subsequently the phrase may be becoming a theme around which meaning will accrue in time. For me, for example, it means that a great many things people gripe about are symptoms thrown up by a badly designed economic system driven by the outdated theories cobbled together in pre-industrial times.--Janosabel 12:27, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bush I 80% Approval

Hi, when Rhodog edited this entry, he noted that George Bush had an 80% approval record one year before the election. Source, please. I tried to find it to add it myself, but couldn't find it. Thanks!--Beth Wellington 02:50, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

The article on presidential approval ratings says that HW Bush got well above 80%. I don't know where they got their info from, but they may be able to help out if you want to ask over there. Croctotheface 05:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)