There's no way to predict what they mean at this point, and they DON'T include small business starts, so they're incomplete to begin with.
And it does NO good to assume it's all negative just because we 'hoped' for better. JMHO.
I just get ticked about this whole election because in my mind...W should have it in a walk. Shouldn't even be a contest with all he's accomplished, given extraordinary circumstances, and yet the sheeple just don't see it.
Don't worry...I'll go for my walk, clear my head, and start making the calls again rallying the W troops.
W in '04!