economy. yet it does not seem like his party is hitting that note in grand ways as might have been done in the past. well, it s a challenge for anybody in politics for a president or a candidate, on the one hand, you don t want to look as if you don t understand, that for many, many people, wages and their own economic station has not improved, even as the overall economy has. this has gone on for decades, so it can sound tinney and false to be just roaring about america. on the other hand, the broad positive trends and you want to make it so that people can participate in that. it would be a political state for the democrats to run around saying oh, my god things are terrible, because to the voters are more likely to give them another term in office if they re buying into that rhetoric as well. it s about personal security, but also national security. because there are signs of the economy improving, they have focused so much on national