I hadn't intended to write anything else, but just for fun, to see if the cheerful, upbeat, economically literate folks over at the Regressives noticed the latest jobs report or the latest Supply Managers' survey.
Nope.
But they did find time to write a typically homework-deprived posting about an out-of-state House race. Apparently it's news when a left-of-center (although by no means leftist) John McCain-endorsed candidate makes news by not chasing the Bush mantle. One pretty clearly nailed down by another candidate, anyway.
This district isn't exactly the Colorado 7th. Chris Cox won it with 2/3 of the vote last year. It's going to go Republican. Brewer figures that her only chance to win is by forcing a runoff and carrying the Democratic vote 9-1.
In the meantime, the Regressives can fantasize all they want about what would happen if elections were held on the first Tuesday in October in years divisible by 5. Bush might or might not win the election today. It's pretty clear he'd carry this district.