America the jittery

Pollster John Zogby delivered what sounds like a fascinating speech in Detroit last week. I can’t seem to find the text anywhere, but this Detroit Free Press story offers a recap.

Zogby’s three most provocative points:

1. Seventy percent (!) of America thinks the country is heading in the wrong direction — even though the unemployment rate is paltry 4.6%.

2. Zogby believes that Hurricane Katrina will be “more of a defining moment” than the 9-11 attacks, because it demonstrated the utter impotence and ineptitude of government at all levels.

3. While all of this is wretched news for the Republicans, the Dems might not benefit. As Zogby puts it, “The Democrats have no program on any issue, they have nothing to say that matters to anyone in the United States today.”