Recovery Coverage

The headlines are full of plaudits for the White House because of the strong economic growth reported in the last quarter. Of course, we haven't seen the readjustments that always seem to follow with less fanfare yet, but I'm the last one to say that a growing economy isn't a good thing.

Still, while the press seems to be giving major credit for the good new to the Bush tax cuts, anyone paying attention would notice that the particular cuts - especially the child credit - that are being cited aren't Bush cuts at all. The tax cuts that are rebuilding the economy are the Democratic tax cuts for working Americans.

That's one of the most frustrating things about watching the Dean strategy. He'd have us believe that the Bush administration put those middle class tax cuts in there to appease working folks. Nothing could be further from the truth. First, it's a mistake to give Bush any credit for caring one way or another about working folks, and second, those cuts were put in at the insistence of Democrats in order to actually help working folks. Turns out the Democrats were right again!

So stop giving Bush credit he doesn't deserve, Doc. Instead, let's give a big hurrah to Congressional Democrats who did the right thing for working people, which turns out to be the right thing for the American economy.