This is EXACTLY what politicians should be talking about in in election. Instead we are talking about sex lifes and MJF's tremors.
I hate to say it, but the economic mess, notably the balance of payments mess, is too grim to talk about. Both sides are responsible, and have been for the past 30, 40, 50 years, maybe all the way back to FDR.
AP, naturally, is trying to make it look as if it's all Bush's fault.