Anyone who thinks George Bush has an easy road to reelection is required to read today's Robert J. Samuelson twice.
The stock market, despite recent losses, is still above 10,000. While all the news stories are saying this puts us even with the beginning of the year, where was the Dow a year ago? And 5.6 percent unemployment is now a rotten figure? In the 1980s that was considered "full employment." I think the real problem with the economy is a 24/7 barrage from the media, largely Democrat, insisting that the economy sucks. That's what people hear. How many people pay attention to GDP growth or other indicators?