THAT DAMN RECOVERY

You know that Paul Krugman is devastated to find out that the economy seems to be recovering quite handily. Bob Kuttner must be so depressed to see people getting jobs and seeing their incomes rise again. But the dark-linings-on-a-silver-cloud award must surely go to the New York Times’ Washington Memo today. The headline is priceless: “Economic Revival Poses A Problem For Bush.” Sure, the piece makes some good points, but the editorial impulse is mistakable: how can we spin this story against Bush? And before the good news comes out? (Update: Just saw that Mickey Kaus beat me to the punch on this one. Blogger Blissfulknowledge beat both of us. It’s getting more competitive these days, innit?)