Huge Christmas Spending Reported

News so complete and overwhelming that even the MSM can no longer paint it pale or not robust. Per Reuters:

U.S. consumers spent 8.7 percent more during the just ended holiday shopping period than in the comparable period a year ago, according to a report from an affiliate of MasterCard Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.

The economic rebound has been going strong for months. It is however "overwhelming" data like this that completely takes the economy out of the liberal nay sayers list of false issues....................................

The economy is strong and getting even stronger as we head for the 2006 mid-term elections, and that will be very good news for President Bush & Republican politicians..............

Update:

Amazon announces "best Christmas season ever":

Record Amazon Season

Per Amazon:

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that the 2005 holiday season finished as its best ever, with the company's Holiday Delight-O-Meter surpassing 108 million items ordered for the first time. The 2005 holiday season also brought another single-day record with the Delight-O-Meter tracking more than 3.6 million items ordered, or 41 items per second, on Dec. 12th.

The market should be heading way up....................................