The Conference Board announced the other day that its Consumer Confidence Index rose in August to its highest level since October 2000.

Eighteen years ago! And that means the index is at the highest level since the World Trade Center attacks.

I don’t put much stock in surveys like this.

Still, the improved attitude in the US — if it holds for a few more months — could mean trouble for the Democrats in the November election. The Dems need to take control of the House if they want to fulfill their lifelong dream of making Donald Trump look like an idiot.

The best the Dems can hope for right now is for the surveys to be wrong — just like when they were predicting that Hillary Clinton would be the next president.