NPR yesterday (though hardly for the first time lately) was almost giddy with the economic news in America. Wall St numbers are up, unemployment is down, trade deficit looking good, tax revenue looking good -- they didn't call it a boom, but they said we are definitely not in a recession. Obama's policies have been vindicated, and all is right with the world -- at least, until Europe implodes and flushes all of Obama's good work down the toilet.
I think this is called "pre-positioning".