  The latest measure of consumer confidence rose sharply from the level at which it came in last month. In fact, this particular index of consumer sentiment -- published by the Associated Press-Ipsos Reid -- has been urlLink rising for four consecutive months , and is substantially higher than the level at which it came in, last August.
Yes, Virginia, mainstream Americans know whether or not they have jobs. And they know whether their personal financial conditions are good or poor. The fact that the partisan-liberal media keeps telling voters that there are not "enough jobs," or that the jobs aren't "good jobs," or that they should have "economic angst," makes no difference whatsoever in how they feel. 
