[5thGenTexan]

"Unexpectedly"...

[FlingWingFlyer]

Probably because of Isaac. People don't want to appear to be "insensitive" by going shopping while the people of New Orleans are "suffering".

sarc/off

[John W]

Yes, but, the Jeffry Bartash article on marketwatch.com helpfully pointed out that: “While consumers are less hopeful about the future, however, they said they’ve seen little deterioration in the economy, either.”

[lodi90]

I think this is just reflecting a loss in confidence of Obama. How can anyone take President Kardashian seriously at this point? People are just losing hope he has any idea how to fix this mess.

[aegiscg47]

Is it just me or do these kinds of reports come out every other day? It seems like just late last week consumer sentiment was up, housing sales were down, housing starts were up, etc., then a few days later just the opposite and a few days after that it swings the other way again. I'm beginning to think most of this crap is made up and they just follow a release schedule, changing a few words in the same article over and over to fit whatever storyline the MSM is currently trying to push.

[ScottinVA]

All this... yet Obama leads by two (47%-45%) in today’s Rasmussen poll. Go figure.

[JPG]

This is where the Obama media earns their money...to take the most Godawful situations and circumstances and preen, fluff and tweak them with a positive spin.

[upchuck]

This sounds like one of the news reports in the book 1984.

[Kharis13]

Let me see if I have this right: Consumer confidence has fallen to 60.6%, unemployment has been over 8% for 43 straight months, the national debt has risen 5 trillion in less than four years, gas prices have more than doubled in less than four years, and food and energy prices are rising, but according to the MSM Obama is still well-liked and popular?

One of two things will (obviously) happen this November: Obama will buck ALL the trends from the past 75 years and be re-elected, even while presiding over the worst economy since the great depression, OR all the trends from the past 75 years will continue and Obama will be shown the door. The MSM would have us believe it’s the former. I say Obama is toast.

[RS_Rider]

Dow should be up 200 points today.

[Uncle Miltie]