The White House has a new worry: that the double-dip recession we might be facing will look like a "W":

The economics of it would be bad enough, but the perils of political parody would be even more nightmarish for President George W. Bush. The Dubya recession. The Dubya-dip downturn.

It would be fresh meat for every late-night comedian, right on the eve of national elections in November that will decide which party controls Congress.

The Letterman-Leno-Jon Stewart potential for trouble was almost certainly on the minds of at least some White House staff members as they organized President Bush's feel-good economic forum last week.