Independence Day blues? Americans sense decline
More see the nation as less powerful and more vulnerable, a new poll finds
By Howard LaFranchi
Staff writer
Christian Science Monitor
2011-07-04
WASHINGTON — As they fire up their grills and light their kids’ sparklers this Fourth of July, Americans are feeling less and less like their country is the world’s sole remaining superpower.
And with their sense of threat from overseas waning, they want their leaders to focus more on challenges at home, including the economy – and less on entangling the United States in the world’s affairs.
Those are among the findings of a new poll released on the eve of this Independence Day weekend by Time magazine and the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival.
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