Funny thing is that I heard the same thing said after Carter beat Ford. "Anyone would be better than Ford and the Republican party was dead." If the misery index is greater than 20 (and I think it will be much higher)come 2012, then the dems will be running for cover.

I am hoping Jenna Bush runs in 2012 :{>:

True.

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If you spent a million dollars a day...

every single day since Jesus was born...

you still wouldn't have spent as much...

as Congress did in the Stimulus Bill.

Now, let's quadruple that amount...

and we'll have the cost of the Iraq War.

and your source is?

$526 billion: Cost of combat operations to date.

$1.2 trillion to $1.7 trillion: Estimated Afghanistan and Iraq combat costs through 2017.

since we'll be out in 16 mos the estimation would obviously change to the lower.

published March of 08

San Fransisco Chronicle today, Zachary Coile

Some lawmakers challenged the economic projections contained in the budget as far too optimistic.

The budget forecasts that the economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, would only shrink by 1.2 percent this year and then snap back and grow by a solid 3.2 percent in 2010, followed by several years of annual growth of over 4 percent.

That's more optimistic than most private forecasts, and comes despite a new government report showing the economy contracted by 6.2 percent in late 2008, far more than the 3.2 percent drop first reported.