No Hurt Here

If Americans are reeling from high prices at the pump why this news?

Diane at Respublica:

Shoppers spend right past higher gas: Consumers gave retailers in April their best performance in two years. Late Easter was given the credit for this boom, as well as warm weather which brought shoppers out in droves, it seems, to stock up on new Capri pants.

UPDATE: GOP Bloggers has a good post on latest numbers on the high-performing economy showing continued low unemployment and record growth in wages.