goods that americans are buying because demand is up because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession. martha: let s bring in sandra smith. people would be relieved to say, you know, this is a problem. we have a serious situation on our hands. we re thinking about bringing in the military to do some help. we need to wrap our arms and this. we need to get this stuff moving before christmas. sandra: i get the positive spin, but as far as the demand comment, i did an economic panel on my show earlier. there was bipartisan agreement it appeared that yes, we re seeing surging demand. but andy puzder said it s artificial demand from a glut of government spending. so if we continue along this route and we have seen consumer prices continue to rise, inflation is a serious threat