Economy May Work in Bush's Favor

[papau]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46543-2004Feb16.html
Economy May Work in Bush's Favor
Housing Boom, Tax Cuts Buoy Many Voters, Despite Job Losses
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 17, 2004; Page A01

<snip>But other facets of the economy may prove far better indicators of the sense of well-being that voters will bring to the ballot box in November, economic forecasters say. The booming housing market has given even struggling workers the ability to latch onto a tangible talisman of personal progress. Wage growth has been nearly stagnant, but thanks to Bush's tax cuts, disposable income has risen. And after nine quarters of slow but steady growth, the economy as a whole is poised to take off, giving some shaky households a sense of optimism about the coming year.<snip>

Even Mary Beardmore -- a Bush voter in 2000 and still unemployed -- said she is willing to give the president a pass. "You know, George Bush does not control the economy that much," she said.<snip>

Last week, the Democratic polling firm Lake Snell Perry & Associates Inc. sent clients a memo saying voter anxieties over layoffs have actually receded. But concern is rising over health care and education costs, job quality and employee benefits, and the long-term implications of job movement overseas.<snip>

Patterson did not vote for Bush in 2000, nor is she about to this year, she said. But her anger at the president revolves around undiscovered weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and a perceived tilt to the rich, she added, not her own economic fortunes.<snip>

<snip>Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster and president of Lake Snell Perry, said the electorate is dividing sharply into two groups. Voters with individual stocks, usually college-educated, are feeling optimistic and leaning Republican. Voters who say they personally know someone who is unemployed -- especially young voters and blue-collar workers -- are pessimistic and leaning Democratic.<snip>

[Faygo Kid]

1. "Unemployed since 2000" - and still supports Bush?

Sorry, airhead. Anyway, the economy will only help Bush so much as his billionaire contributors swamp any who would dare challenge them. He won't run on the economy - he will run on scaring the hell out of the American people, and smearing the Dem nominee. Think I am wrong? Watch and see.

[T Roosevelt]

2. Statements like this just make me mourn for our future

"Voters with individual stocks, usually college-educated, are feeling optimistic and leaning Republican."

These are the very people who should know better and be leaning Democratic. What is going through their minds (besides air)? I have individual stocks (which I have to pay close attention to), I'm college educated, and I'm very pessimistic about the economic future of this country. I have to say that if * is reselected, we are financially doomed as a nation.

[lovedems]

3. george bu$h doesn't control the economy that much?

ok, I guess his policies are worthless pieces of garbage after all.

:wtf:

[cosmicdot]

4. they're hoping that top-loading the system, there'll be enough 'mo'

to make the economy seem purring along

along with the typical military trough feeding to help perk things up, too ... needed Afghanistan/Iraq/Terror to pump that jam ...

all in all ... ...

the Media will do its part to put lipstick on the pig ... stats and figures will downplay any bad news; the slightest good news will be like "Remember the Maine" ... and, don't expect the Media to be covering have-nots' suffering ...


it's the trickle nowhere plan
from the trickle nowhere man