[Arkinsaw]

If you consider the Beltway to be "The U.S." then the headline is correct. Otherwise its more "malaise" being sold by the nattering nabobs.

In addition to the sniper we have a backlog of 8 years of negative stories that they couldn't run until they got a Republican administration. Got to work through that backlog.

[goldstategop]

Yup. The Reuters subtext message is clear: its all the eeeeevil Republicans' fault.