A new poll says Americans are overwhelmingly optimistic about 2012:

Overall, 62 percent of those surveyed say they’re optimistic about what 2012 will bring for the country, according to the Associated Press-GfK survey. And for themselves and their families, Americans are even more positive, with 78 percent telling pollsters they are personally hopeful about the year ahead.

And 79 percent of Americans who say things have seemed better in the past months in terms of the economy are optimistic about the country’s financial state in 2012, while half of those polled who say things are getting worse feel good about 2012.

Just about everybody who was polled says that 2011 sucked donkey dick. (I'm paraphrasing.) However, I do not trust a poll unless it has the word "Slog" in front of it, so I am going to now bring the question to all six of you who are reading Holiday Slog: