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The Democratic Party's Problem Is That Voters Don't Believe The President's Claims That The Economy Is Thriving. Even People With Jobs Feel Apprehensive. Paychecks Are Flat, Growth Anemic, And People Are Worried About Their Children's Prospects. Mr. Obama Had A 38% Approval On Handling The Economy In The Sept. 9 Fox News Poll. In The Sept. 7 Nbc News/wall Street Journal Poll, 67% Believe America Is On The Wrong Track.

I Hate To Sound Sort Of Diffident About It But It Strikes Me That A Lot Of People On The Right Have Got Active Lives And Are Doing Other Things.

I Have Become An Adjective. There Is Something Called A Rovian-style Of Campaigning And It's Meant As An Insult. One Columnist Said It Consists Mainly Of Throwing Mud Until It Sticks. One Prominent Blogger Described The Elements Of A Textbook Rovian Race As Fear-based, Smear-based And Anything Goes.

The Claim Made By Team Obama That Every Dollar In Stimulus Translates Into A Dollar-and-a-half In Growth Is Economic Fiction. The Costs Of Stimulus Reduce Future Growth. No Country Has Ever Spent Itself To Prosperity. The Price Of Stimulus Has To Be Paid Sometime.

'empathy' Is The Latest Code Word For Liberal Activism, For Treating The Constitution As Malleable Clay To Be Kneaded And Molded In Whatever Form Justices Want. It Represents An Expansive View Of The Judiciary In Which Courts Create Policy That Couldn't Pass The Legislative Branch Or, If It Did, Would Generate Voter Backlash.