hi joe,
yes - some are susceptible to the least substantial of things. the cotton candy of the election cycle.
even so, down below where the economic clockwork is in motion, i think people on the margin are seeing the consequences of the recovery, regardless of the rhetoric.
unemployment numbers are gradually improving.
overall, inflation is not high.
house prices are rising again.
household balance sheets have generally stabilised.
people respond to these kinds of stimuli in their lives. do they want change? or do they want to avoid risking the recovery with a return to gwb policies?
it isn't barn-storming growth. happy to admit it. but that's not a big surprise after the structural devastation of the bush years. given the obstructive congress, this is probably the best that can be done. and i think a majority would take steady over more solutions from the far right.
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