[Kozak]

Oh, he will. It's too early yet. He's very clever and he knows that timing is everything. Give it another six weeks or so and he'll start slipping it in there.

Don't know if I agree. A large number of people polled something like 1/3, think we are in a RECESSION. They have been endlessly bombarded with negative news ( or shall we say "Pravda") about the economy. It's going to take a while to reverse that. The Rats and the press are masters at this. I remember when Bush 1 lost, the DAY AFTER the election the press made the first mention that the resession had ended in MAY. And Clinton got all the credit for the recovery. Goebbels would be proud.

[Allegra]

A large number of people polled something like 1/3, think we are in a RECESSION.

Yeah, but they probably all watch Survivor and Jerry Springer and stuff.

All kidding aside, I'm not sure about percpetions right now because I haven't been in the U.S. all year and haven't been exposed to much media, but I think with the public's notorious short attention span, Dubya's waiting a little bit to hype this (especially if the figures keep improving) will put it fresh in peoples' minds as they are heading to the polls. Plus, if they have jobs and money by then when they've been unemployed recently (I was one of those people last year; it's horrible), that's going to put a positive impact on their voting choices.

I could be wrong. I am about twice a year. :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Not to defend the media (perish the thought), but the situations aren't analogous. At this point in '92, the jobless rate was rising, peaking at 7.6% in June and job creation numbers were lackluster, at best. Voters won't be fooled.

[jveritas]

1/3 of people hate President Bush. They will be negative about everything that can help him being re-elected. Just do not worry; in a month or two the Bush campaign will make sure that most voters memorize by heart the great economic numbers.

[snooker]

"A large number of people polled something like 1/3, think we are in a RECESSION."

That was a FNC poll, it was actually 41%. US education is dismal. Makes fertile ground for the liberal media to lie with no balance. All you have to do is look at Iraq to examine how the media does it.

[KC_Conspirator]

Oh, he will. It's too early yet. He's very clever and he knows that timing is everything. Give it another six weeks or so and he'll start slipping it in there.

Don't know if I agree.

I don't know if agree either. I think the Bush campaign has been off their game and flat footed. The economic news has been great for the last 3 months, yet Bush has not touted it - which he is going to have to do if he wants to get re-elected because the media won't report the good news.