Buyers are more optimistic than economists that President Bush's second term will trigger a surge in domestic manufacturing.A post-election e-mail poll of 500 readers by PURCHASING magazine found that 50% of buyers were more optimistic about their economic future than they had been this past summer.That is more bullish than the 43% of 115 economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economists,but more bearish than the 60% of 44,000 American adults polled by PollingPoint.com.It's also in sharp contrast to the pre-election mood in October when U.S.consumer sentiment was on the decline because of rising energy costs and persistent job worries.
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