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IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT . . .

THE ECONOMY:

--The Stock Market has enjoyed the best 3 day period in six months!
http://markets.usatoday.com/custom/usatoday-com/html-story.asp?markets=Domestic&guid=%7B4A86A3CB-E348-4569-953A-2EA0A7116A1F%7D

--The price of oil closed below $48/barrel [Gas prices on the eastside of Cincinnati dropped below $1.90 today!]

""It seems like every barrel around the world, hiding under every rock, has come to America in these past weeks," said Phil Flynn, analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. in Chicago."
[Hmmmmmmmmmmm . . . And we know who's responsible for that don't we?!]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050518/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices

--Core inflation was 'flat' in April
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156915,00.html

POLITICS:

RNC Chairman, Ken Mehlman shared the following facts at last night's Presidential Gala:

--President Bush is the first President since FDR to win re-election while his Party GAINED seats in the House and Senate!

--More House Republicans were elected in November than any election day since 1946!

--More Senate Republicans were elected in November than any election day since 1928!

--Over half of the states representing, 60% of the American people, are lead by Republican governors: You can travel the whole country coast to coast, north to south and never leave a state lead by a Republican governor!

And who made all this possible? PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH

[And yes, ELECTIONS DO MATTER.

Virtually every day, polipundit.com provides specific examples underscoring this thesis. Today's entry:

"My home state’s Senior Senator, Dianne Feinstein, just tried to amend the upcoming energy bill with a federal mandate on fuel efficiencies for trucks and SUV’s.

Hmm, how do you spell that word, again? Social-ism??

In any case, and by a 15-7 “slim majority,” the GOP-controlled Senate Energy Committee rejected that silly proposal."
http://www.polipundit.com/ ]

LEADERSHIP:

My favorite quote from the President's speech last evening:

Let me put it to you this way: I do not need a poll or a focus group to tell me where I need to lead this country. (Applause.) In the midst of the Civil War, the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln said, "As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew." And we continue that proud tradition today, as we're heading into the second term.

Many of the most fundamental systems -- the tax code, pension plans, health coverage, legal systems, and public education -- were created to meet the needs of an earlier time. In the next four years we'll reform these institutions to meet the needs of a new century. See, we have a duty. The job of the President is to confront problems, not to pass them on to future Presidents and future generations. (Applause.)