Today President Bush is saying the economy will "absolutely" pick up later in the year. What is he thinking? Didn't he learn anything from "Read my lips, NO new taxes?" Apparently not. Maybe the economy will pick up later in the year. Probably next year. But what a blunder to go from "How should I know?" to "absolutely." Perhaps Andy Fox is right. This may turn into a bigger blunder than appointing Ashcroft to AG as a reward for political incompetence backed up by cowardice, which cost the administration its ability to get things done in the Senate.