The numbers show that the economic recovery is still going on and is proceeding apace, and I think they are very encouraging.

Oh, a wise guy. It was you who didn't do nothing about those crooks in the first place. And then you wouldn't listen to nobody about what to do. And then you who didn't tell anyone about the problem with the new accounting board guy.

Majority Leader Daschle misspoke this morning when he said the Bush administration would dip into Social Security and Medicare funds. The truth, in fact, is that Social Security dollars will be used only for Social Security and Medicare dollars will be used only for Medicare. The only reason for any decline in revenue is due to an economic slowdown that began last September.

The guy who has kept them on the leash is going to disappear.