The Washington Post titled this with the headline: "Retailers Face Worst Holiday in 30 Years."

Notice that they are talking about earnings "estimates," and that "may" result in downturns.

Notice that the Post has selected some obscure set of statistics and ignored the statistics of the National Retail Foundation.

Notice that the NRF uses total retail statistics, while the BTM/UBSW survey is only for large chains. Notice that nobody is talking online sales, where I got a lot of my stuff this year.

Notice that the interviewed people really don't lean one way or the other. Only one of the people interviewed is spending less than last year.

WalMart, as just one example, has posted (not estimates) record sales all this year, including the popular Christmas shopping day of the day after Thanksgiving.

Nothing in this article justifies the headline given to it. If the 1.5 percent estimate turns out to be wrong, do you think we'll hear about it?

If the economy improves, the Democrats stand to lose power. They and their media buttmonkeys will do or say anything to prevent this, which shows that they value their power more than your well-being.

Has anyone ever wondered that the Democratic Party seems to thrive on pain, anger, and misfortune?