Blow Job Notwithstanding

Old Bill's looking pretty good these days, eh? AP (12.28.07):

"Kitchen table worries pushed ahead of the war in Iraq over the past month, a shift toward pocketbook issues that has gained currency as the election year dawns.

More than half the voters in an ongoing survey for The Associated Press and Yahoo News say the economy and health care are extremely important to them personally."

Poll: Pocketbook Issues Push Past Iraq

"They fear they will face unexpected medical expenses, their homes will lose value or mortgage and credit card payments will overwhelm them."

An anecdote. "Consider Linda Zimmerman, a 50-year-old sheep farmer from Thurmont, Md. Her daughter and son-in-law are having trouble keeping up with two mortgages on a town house, she said. One street in her neighborhood has five homes for sale, and one has been on the market for two years."

"Registered as a Republican, she's ready to reconsider."

"'We're Republicans and I'm very unhappy with them, and I've been watching the Democrats,' she said. 'We did better when (Bill) Clinton was in than we did with Bush. It's just terrible.'"

Couldn't have told you that eight years ago or anything.