[joesbucks]

It should be both. Media and official. His background is a bit humble to be orth what some of those upper estimates are.

[Political Junkie Too]

There's a lot of shoulda woulda coulda in politics. When you think about it, that's probably the very definition of politics: each side has a "shoulda woulda coulda" and the goal is to agree on the vital few "will dos."

You're doing your part to point it out. I followed your lead and found inconsistent data, so we both acted as citizen-journalists of a sort. That's how it should be.

Now let's see if others pick up where you and I left off. We need other sources to determine if those "upper estimates" are accurate or just agitprop -- or worst case, libel.

-PJ