[murdoog]

I do hope he wins, but if thing do not get better it will hurt his reelection next year.

Amen. For 20 years now corporate America has had the advantage of a business-friendly electorate. This was because of the assumption that, even though there was pain at times, when businesses were making more money they would expand and create jobs for Americans. This is no longer the case.

[Tokhtamish]

Very true.

Between Enron and outsourcing and people losing their savings on tulip tech stocks the little guy is plenty mad at being screwed all the time.

Free trade is becoming a dirty expression. We can expect the creation of a downright business-hostile electorate that has no confidence whatsover that what is good for General Motors benefits them in the least.