I Blame Bush...

For this:

The economy grew at a blistering 7.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter in the strongest pace in nearly two decades. Consumers spent with abandon and businesses ramped up investment, compelling new evidence of an economic resurgence.

The increase in gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy's performance, in the July-September quarter was more than double the 3.3 percent rate registered in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The 7.2 percent pace marked the best showing since the first quarter of 1984. It exceeded analysts' forecasts for a 6 percent growth rate for third-quarter GDP, which measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States.(emphasis mine -K)

You really have to feel for the Naive Nine, they have painted themselves into a box. They have to, in order for any of them to win the White House in 2004:

1) Hope the Iraq situation doesn't keep improving.
2) Hope that the economy goes completely into the crapper.
3) Hope that another terrorist attack is committed on United States soil.

They have to hope for bad things to happen for any of them to have a shot at unseating Bush in 2004. What a terrible predicament for them to be in. I'm smiling from ear to ear, in case you were wondering.

Hat Tip Right-Thinking