U.S. leading indicators fall for 4th month

This must be the first time in a long series of presidential elections! Normaly the indicators go up as to reelect the ‘pro-busines’ guy. Does that mean things have gotten so interesting, that during the last three months before the election the president and his friends cannot tweak/impact the data?

http://netscape5.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=netscape&dist=netscape&guid=%7B337687A5-05FA-4EDA-BE79-149159B0A746%7D