Honestly, I don’t know why it’s so hard to walk and chew gum at the same time. I think the strategy should be “the economy sucks because the Republicans have spent all your money on a failed war at the expense of every domestic issue you can imagine,” but what do I know.  Read more 

Hale’s got a great piece up that I think we should all email to our Congresscritters. These aren’t what you’d call “happy” numbers:

More than six in 10 Americans say the country is on the wrong track, according to a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll. More than half disapprove of Bush’s handling of the economy, and 36 percent strongly disapprove. Almost half, 48 percent, say his policies have made the economy worse than it was when he became president; 19 percent say it’s better.

“Gas prices are knocking us back into the dirt,” said Burden, 31, one of the respondents in the poll. “It seems like, since Bush took office, the government is burning up cash again, and things are getting worse.”  Read more