The Economy, stupid!

In Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign against former President Bush, James Carville put a sign up with 3 points on it, the second of which read "the economy, stupid". Well, finally finally the Republicans are going to shift focus from Iraq to the economy. I don't know why they haven't talked this up so far. The stock market is at an all time high, inflation is in check, unemployment is below 5%, and the economy continues to expand at a good pace. Of course, maybe political strategists believe that it is easier to get someone to vote out of fear of terrorists than due to economic numbers.

Speaking of reminding voters of terrorists, watch this new Republican ad:


Some Democrats are saying the GOP is just exploiting Osama for political purposes. They have a counter ad:



The election must be close!