he hit the campaign traill and sales went down.e in the hawaii hopefullyy there will be a final surge. >> we had a boom in black friday sales and a huge drop off. is that a problem. >> i have a message for the gringes out there. sales fall off it is a statistically ineffability. it is not a forecast of consumer sentiment. chris mag will be -christmas will be better. gasoline prices are going down and jobs. threat of being laid off. that riskk is going down and when you get in the storings, you decide to heck with cutting back. i want to get my little girl. >> bill, to emphasize dennis' point. sales on line have been zooming up. on line sales are looking good. >> don't get too optmistic. shoppers are depressed by the bloated government and so-called stimulus. we are looking at benefit cuts . they are putting christmas money in a sock drawer. >> is it good for me if my wife is included in that category. but the latest two quarters where consumer spending was robust it came out of savings. household net worth declined by 21,000 throug