That’s the spirit!
Exactly!
What we've got here is more than the fact that consumer confidence is a lagging indicator, iow everyone's glum until all they got more money than they can stand. We've got a dem press with an agenda. The reverse was true in '00 where we had a big time collapse with a fawning press that was indignant that anyone would dare to "talk down" the economy by noticing the market crash and failing businesses.
While the Democrats are using this as their main issue, the fact remains that the housing market, in bubble areas, remains in a free fall.
Yet, much like the War On Terror, these same Democrats, who are so critical, have NO answers to the problem.