[Hydroshock]

You are right in many cases. When Joe Lunch bucket feels his job and life style are threatened as he does in many cases now. He will vote accordingly. After all many people vote there pocketbooks not the stock market. It has been this way for as long as I can remember and I assume it will continue for the foreseeable future as well.

[Alberta's Child]

One of the most remarkable stories in American politics these days is the way many people in government and the media have been able to convince ordinary Americans -- who currently enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of mankind -- that they are somehow facing an "economic crisis" on a daily basis.