Posted on July 27, 2004 by John Hinderaker

Meanwhile, Back at the Economy…

Consumer confidence rose for the fourth straight month in July, beyond the expectations of most economists.
A couple of years ago, the conventional wisdom was that numbers like these would guarantee President Bush’s re-election. The Democrats were telling everyone that the economy would be the decisive issue. But that was before Iraq, and Iraq changed everything. Now consumer confidence is a footnote. More about that later.

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