Mark Knoller of CBS News informs us that Vice President Joe Biden – you know, the guy who was put in charge of the stimulus because “no one messes with him” — just told the attendees at the White House jobs summit that “the economy is in a depression.”
I suppose this is better than out-of-touch happy talk, but heck of a pep talk, coach. Tell us again about how the stimulus is working better than your “wildest dreams,” which, it is now clear, mostly consist of post-apocalyptic nightmares.