WHEN THE DOW HITS 12000: I WILL BLAME BUSH!

BUSINESS WEEK:

Wall Street touched another new milestone Thursday, as the Dow industrials passed 11,900 for the first time en route to a new all-time closing high. The blue chip benchmark ended the session within 53 points of the 12,000 mark. Stronger-than-expected earnings reports and the moderate tone of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report helped cheer investors.

CNN MONEY: The world's most widely watched stock market gauge hit a new record trading high of 11,955.46, surpassing the previous record set Tuesday, and coming within 50 points of 12,000 - the next major milestone for the market.

Yet Bush and the GOP are not soaring at the polls. WHY?! ACE:

Striking distance. The economy's good. Gas prices are down. The deficit has been halved three years' ahead of Bush's schedule (which the liberals mocked as a fantasy; now they claim it was easy and inevitable). And yet... we're all acting as if the liberal critique of Republcians -- the GOP has destroyed the nation -- is, essentially, true. ...

ACE COMMENTER/SOMEONE: I blame the wierd "taking trolls seriously" phase here.

My advice: Don't take the trolls or the MSM seriously. The economy is good. AND: We are winning the GWOT. SO: GET OUT AND VOTE GOP.

OR... if you want higher taxes, and if you want to cede the defense of the free world to the UN, then by all means vote for the Dems.