JAM YESTERDAY AND JAM TOMORROW, BUT NEVER JAM TODAY: Reader Thomas Prewitt writes:

Funny how Bush 41 led a hugely successful military effort with Gulf War I yet lost an election because of the perception that “it’s the economy, stupid.”

Now, Bush 43 is in the tank because of the perception that Gulf War II is a disaster based on lies and gets no credit for a remarkable economic turnaround with record stock market highs, low unemployment, and huge chunks taken out of the budget deficit.

How does that happen?

I think it’s the Martin Crutsinger approach to economic reporting.