This brings up an interesting question to me..
its pretty obvious that the stock market responds SOOO MUCH to simple consumer confidence, but we also know that in a very real sense, the stock market represents real capital which companies need to continue doing business so where does the stock market’s role as an ‘idiots scale on the health of our economy’ intersect with a real meltdown
just my curiosity
in any case it speaks volumes that confidence in our economy has plummeted and yet most of these people probably still voted for Obama. His rhetoric has changed accordingly too remember how he said it might take longer than 4 years!