Somehow the Democrats aren't yelling "It's the economy, stupid" this year.  Perhaps the following chart might be one of the explanations why.  Those tax cuts really did screw up our economy, didn't they?  (What they really screwed up was political spending dreams.) It's time for people to admit that Bush has been good for them.

Index                                2002 close                  2003 close             % change

Dow Jones Industrials          8341.63                    10453.92                 +25.3%

S&P 500                                 879.82                      1111.92                 +26.4%