Rooting for Gridlock

(1) FCIC’s show trial. (2) The truth is out there. (3) Kennedy’s seat. (4) A bullish scenario for health care. (5) Advisors are bullish on stocks, while the public is not. (6) Reading the electric meters around the world. (7) A big normal inventory “pop” for GDP. (8) More structural unemployment than in the past? (9) Extended benefits are extending joblessness. (10) Consumers take less credit, and are saving more. (11) Retailers defy consumer retrenchment pundits. (12) “Up in the Air” (+). NOTICE: Our Morning Briefings are now available on FactSet.