In answer to any question about the economy and the 2010 election, Democratic candidates always seek to frame the debate in terms of when Barack Obama took office, not when Pelosi and Reid took office; and further that the entire economic mess was inherited from Bush. The economic numbers framed from this start date selection are the least bad for the Democrats. Barack Obama is not running in 2010. The

Will be back when I’m feeling less likely to spontaneously combust / cough up a large hank of kidney. I blame Bush.