tension we re seeing this year. thank you very much. just another note here on how the tea party has operated this year. don t forget, sharon angle won her primary in nevada, and they said this would make harry reid a shoe-in for re-election. not so according to latest poll. harry reid has pulled into the lead by two points, and she is the tea party-backed candidate in nevada. we ll have to see how that shakes out for the midterm elections. market alert, business inventories jumped in july by the largest amount in two years. that s at the same time consumers are buying more. retail sales saw the biggest gain last month since march. the commerce department says retail sales were up almost a half percent in august. let s check the markets right now, dow jones is up 36.32. the s&p popped up almost five points. the nasdaq is up on the day a little more than 15.