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President Obama can’t mention the difficulties he inherited from his predecessor without being mocked by conservatives for leaning on a pathetic, responsibility-shirking “blame Bush” strategy. But Obama may have a good reason for name-dropping the nation’s previous Decider, according to a new CNN poll:
>When asked in the survey whether they are better or worse off than they were four years ago, Americans are split, 44% to 43%. But when asked whether they are better or worse off than they were four years ago “when Bush was president,” a small gap opens — 47% say they are better off compared to 41% who say they are worse off.
