Once again, Mr. Vice President, a thrill and an honor to have you with us, sir.

Well, good afternoon, right?

All right.

First thing we just had a call leads me into my first question for you about the economy.

Caller was frustrated that the party at large doesn't seem to be getting the news out

about how good the economy is.

And indeed, the economic statistics are fabulous, unemployment, middle class wage growth,

Dow Jones industrial average flirting with 12,000.

Yet we're told that people don't feel this economy is good.

Why do you think that is if it's true?

And how do you all plan to use the economy in the next three weeks of the campaign?

Well, I think first of all, you're absolutely right.

Well, the economy is very good.

I've been involved in a lot of campaigns going back nearly 40 years.

And I'm hard put to find a time when things were as good as they are now for the party

from our perspective.

And you've cited all the data.

We've got over 6.6 million jobs we've added in a little over three years now.

We home ownership in an all time market, high stock markets are high.

And everything's really kicking along in great shape.

The deficit was sometimes to drive that point through to the public.

But and I think a lot of the press coverage, you know, focuses on specific problems.

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