re: #496 gmsc

Barack 0bama elected on Nov. 4th, 2008. Dow closed at: 9,625.28
Barack 0bama signs Friday the 13th Spending Bill on February 17th, 2008. Dow closed at: 7,552.60

Congratulations, Mr. 0bama. In only 83 days after you were elected, the DJIA has dropped 2072.68 points!

One of my liberal acquaintances predicted the market would begin to recover once he was inaugurated. HA!