Leslie Alperstein

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.

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,

To the institutional investor, there's a lot at stake this year if Bush doesn't win re-election, ... There are a read more

To the institutional investor, there's a lot at stake this year if Bush doesn't win re-election, ... There are a lot of different issues that make them nervous, but the one that the Democratic candidates have been talking about a lot is the tax cuts.

Really, the President was going to have to push to get it done. Others would have gone along,

Really, the President was going to have to push to get it done. Others would have gone along,