Are Americans getting more upbeat about their personal standard of living?

    Consumer confidence crawls back from the depths this week, but does that mean that Americans are thinking any differently about their personal standard of living? Maybe. Dave and Frank take a look at the numbers and have all the answers in today’s “What Are We Thinking?”

    Consumer confidence crawls back from the depths this week, but does that mean that Americans are thinking any differently about their personal standard of living? Maybe. Dave and Frank take a look at the numbers and have all the answers in today’s “What Are We Thinking?”

    Topics:
    -Consumer confidence bounces back, but are Americans getting more upbeat about their personal standard of living?

    -Are Americans more inclined to control gun sales and ownership laws after the recent shootings in Binghamton, N.Y.?

    -Upcoming census

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    -President Obama’s appointment of Robert Groves to be Census Director

    -Are there fewer and fewer Christians in the United States?

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