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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (2581)	1/28/2004 12:26:31 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3079

I can't see black voters going for Dean. He has spent the last 20 years of his life in a state that is almost devoid of black people.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (2581)	1/28/2004 1:13:43 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

BROAD WEAKNESS The durable goods report, which provides a key reading on the health of the manufacturing sector, showed a broad range of categories suffering from weaker demand. Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft -- seen as a proxy for business spending -- fell 0.4 percent. Economists believe a sustained pickup in business spending is crucial for a long-lasting economic recovery. Orders of computers and electronic products fell 2.7 percent and orders for fabricated metal goods fell 0.8 percent. biz.yahoo.com Again, it is unlikely there will be a broad US-based capex recovery with all this offshoring. These economists just can't connect the dots. The chinese call centers are buying capital goods, sure, but not from US companies.