By Jonathan Weisman
Updated: 12:11 a.m. ET Aug. 24, 2004

"High oil prices, a stagnant labor market — and the lack of a more forceful response from the Bush campaign — have sparked worry among White House allies that the administration's economic team has been too content cheerleading in defense of past policies instead of setting more detailed plans for a second term."

Now some will say that he does. Spend as much money as the Feds can borrow, cut government revenue to the bone, and the devil take the hindmost.

Because we've had years to see it. He doesn't get to run on "gonna do's", he has to run on what he's done. And not done.

Arf