I still have a lot of confidence in their product,

[The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging in consumer confidence in recent months. Although it does not suggest that consumer spending is falling apart, it is losing a lot of steam.

While it's a bit of a surprise, the slightly downbeat news on confidence can be explained by the ongoing weakness in employment, and perhaps consumers are a little concerned about the backup in mortgage rates. But while they're becoming less confident, they're still buying -- the latest sales numbers still look good.

Rob is our No. 1, but we have great confidence in either one of them.

He's playing with so much confidence.

There's an erosion of confidence that any recovery is unlikely to occur as quickly as had been previously expected and when a recovery comes, it's not probable that it's going to be a very robust one.