The Seattle Times draws on Scott Rasmussen's speech at the Research Council dinner for this excellent editorial.

"People don't trust government projections," Rasmussen said. "Eighty-one percent believe that whatever the government says, it will cost more."

Who is to say the people are wrong? If they believe this, they learned to believe it. The great task of politics is to convince them — and through deeds, not just talk — to unlearn it.

Right.