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Confidence, consumer spending surveys republicans in particular are as negative on the economy today as they were during the deepest darkest depths of the financial crisis. obviously things are much better today than they were then. we have 3.9% unemployment, way lower than had been predicted a year ago. on key metrics the economy is doing quite well. of course there s that big but, but inflation, and that s what gets all of the outsized attention. i m not suggesting that people don t care about that is correct the fact that it s pinching people s pocketbooks, their cost of living is going up, living standards might be declining, inflation is outpacing wages, that s obviously very, very important, but not to the extent that it crowds out all of the other positive news that we have gotten on the economy in many cases exceeding expectations. i was having this debate with oliver off camera, i was saying when i go to the grocery store and there are empty shelves as there were last weeken ....

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