Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 43 pessimistic 40 Garrison Keillor 39 pessimists 38 pessimist 37 economists 37 optimists 36 Minnesotans 36 prognosticators 36 contrarian 35 Al Franken 35 Keillor 35 gloomier 34 contrarians 34 Paul Krugman 34 Minnesotan 34 fatalistic 33 Krugman 33 alarmist 32 downbeat 32 Gov. Tim Pawlenty 32 pessimism 32 Dennis Prager 32 gloomily 31 gloomiest 31 overly optimistic 31 overly pessimistic 31 Michigan Consumer Sentiment 31 Nouriel Roubini 31 pundit 31 sanguine 31 forecasters 31 cynic 31 ZEW survey 31 David Broder 31 climatologists 31 skeptically 31 outlook 31 worriers 31 Pawlenty 31 gloomy 31 pundits 31 cynical 31 observer 31 Pessimists 31 David Sedaris 31 decidedly 30 Pollyanna 30 Bruininks 30 paints bleak picture 30 comedian Al Franken 30 guardedly 30 outlooks 30 Depressing 30 analysts 30 liberals 30 punditocracy 30 NABE 30 policymakers 30 Franken 30 editorialist 29 deficit hawks 29 commentators 29 optimistically 29 defeatist 29 watchers 29 realist 29 dour 29 viewpoint 29 optimist 29 Consumer Sentiment 29 cinephile 29 futurists 29 grimmer 29 realists 28 curmudgeon 28 Ifo index 28 glib 28 Nat Hentoff 28 view 28 sentiment 28 Pogemiller 28 ambivalent 28 writer 28 isolationist 28 Larry Kudlow 28 Roubini 28 humorist 28 tepidly 28 bleak 28 Pessimistic 28 skeptics 28 wishful 28 bleakly 28 reviewer 28 Kurt Vonnegut 28 Terkel 28 moviegoer 28 newspaperman 28 pollsters 28 critique 27 hopefulness