Ramesh: I’ve read with interest your posts on the economy, and hope it’s true that things are better than they seem. But seeming is so important, and most voters don’t keep track of employment trends and growth indicators in the Wall Street Journal. In 1992, during the presidential election, the economy was in recovery, but lots of people didn’t think so. Likewise, there’s a lot of pessimism right now, according to the polling I’ve seen. The best cure for all this, of course, is a booming economy whose strength nobody can deny. Failing that, the Bush administration somehow will have to figure out a way to lift spirits.