Leslie Alperstein

This is going to steamroll,

This is going to steamroll,

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better read more

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better and better when you get to election day, but people feel the economy's in a funk. The latest example of that was Bush's father.

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of read more

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

Clearly, it's a blow to the Gore camp.

Clearly, it's a blow to the Gore camp.

As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is slowing and wages read more

As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is slowing and wages are going up, so the market will feel worse -- but people will be feeling better,