[GonzoGOP]

The question is will it turn negative before October. If the bottom falls out before the election then Obama is toast. You can put an inverted chart of the Dow up against his strongly disapprove, and since the 2010 elections, when the top issue changed from healthcare to the economy, and they match almost perfectly. If the market craters before the election Obama is going to have a hard time. If the PPT can keep the market propped up he walks into a second term.

Remember; a few hundred points move in the DJIA represents more money being added or removed from the economy than all of Obama's stimulus. So the 3000 point move since last October is a lot of the reason that Obama can claim things are getting better. But it is all smoke and mirrors. If the bottom drops out of the speculation it will pull all the liquidity out of the economy. Things will get real bad, real fast.

[blam]

Americans Are Incredibly Pessimistic About The Future Of The Country

[GraceG]

I think they are pushing the markets too soon for Obama’s re-election. They should have waited for the “fix” to the market until the GOP candidate was chosen/selected. Of course maybe they are pushing the fix now because if thwey didn’t there would hhave been no way to push a fix if they waited?

It will interestign to see how the markets react to whomever is picked for the GOP nomination.