[sarcasm]

Bush and his advisers will begin the effort to convince the public that things are indeed turning around, while in the same breath, showing compassion for workers whose factory jobs have been moved overseas. The economy has been hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs for months now.

[ChicagahAl]

Why won't Bush just come right out and say that the problem is the guy who thought the stock market suffered from irrational exuberance? Do you suppose he's afraid Greenspan will retaliate by making things even worse? Or is George just such a nice guy that he can't stand to say bad things about Democrats, even when they deserve them?

[ex-snook]

"Analysts said White House officials have little ammunition left to help the economy, in any case.

Does that mean the neo-cons are out of favor?

[.cnI redruM]

There is a lot the government can do to hurt an economy, but very little the gov can do to help it. Bush should remember the Hipocratic Oath and endeavor to do no harm.

[Starwind]

"Just about everything that could improve the economy has been done," he said.

Let's see, we've increased deficits, opened borders, helped companies relocate jobs overseas, inflated the money supply, reduced spending & entitlements nah, that'll never work.

[AwesomePossum]

unemployment....a nine year high..........let's see now, 2003 minus 9 years equals...... why it's June of 1994! Isn't that when America had the "greatest" president ever, and the best economy ever! Was the Clinton Administration juggling the numbers and cooking the books....YES! It got so bad, that even the Federal Reserve refused to use the Clinton White House numbers because they were so far fetched.

Bush 41 handed Clinton an economy in strong recovery, and the liberal media gave Clinton the credit. Clinton handed Bush 43 an economy in decline, and the liberal media blamed it on Bush 43. It's always the Republican's fault, no matter what.

Now, factor into that economy in decline;.....we are at war (and that is expensive), Clinton holdovers in the government are doing everything they can to sabatoge the economy (and also the war), congressional Democrats, under the direction of the Clintons, are fighting against Bush every step of the way, and the liberal media, of course, is blaming the Bush administration.

And, there are still sufficent numbers of Americans who continue to believe the liberal media, a media, by the way, that utterly refuses to admit it's bias.

[oceanview]

Do something about offshoring of jobs and these H1B and L1 visa programs and all the rest. Make a speech, fire a warning shot across the bow of corporation engaging in these practices, end the visas. Do something. Sending people tax rebate checks that they use to run to Walmart and buy Chinese products will not be enough, I guarantee it. Voters are going to make up their own minds based on what they see happening in their own jobs and lives, not some retail sales figures.

[harpseal]

This meeting had better produce some chnages in policy or the re-elect Bush campaign may have "Prosperity is just arround the corner as their campaign theme" and we can look at one of the idiot Demons in power after Jan 2005.