Wow, 30 hand-picked stocks hit where they were 6 years ago, which is actually 20% lower than their previous high due to inflation, and we should cheer?

Last I checked, the NASDAQ is about at 1/3 of its high under Bubba...

The Democrats under Clinton are the party of fiscal responsibility, while the Republicans under Reagan and Bush II are the party of debt and deficits.

Monkyboy took my words, but I will be positive and say I am very happy the market is going in a positive direction.

After two side-by-side decades, Democrats clearly prove they handle the issues of budgeting and economy better by far.

I will predict a correction in the fourth quarter, mainly after the elections. Wallstreet does not like change, even if it is for the longterm good. You have to remember that Wallstreet's time horizon is strictly by quarter, which is probably the downfall of our whole country (always short-minded thinking in terms of 3 months, a year at best).

Time for some change.

Can somebody explain this in english?
It means big corporations are getting rich, right?
Are they the entire nation?
Isn't the nation in debt?

I don't think Bubba and the Dems have a clue but I don't think big business is a good answer. It is small business health which makes a good economy. If the Dems got behind small business I might give a listen, but raising taxes to support freeloaders doesn't make sense. Sorry Bubba.

Only about 1500 more points until we're back to where we were before Bush became president (adjusted for inflation).

Last I checked, the NASDAQ is about at 1/3 of its high under Bubba...

Yea, that unrealistic dotcom bubble and subsequent bust was a real good thing.

Why were the declining economy and rising gas prices both blamed on G.W.B. while in the reverse, no credit is given? Is it that he really may not have had much to do with either one?

Let's just hope that this situation continues for a good long while.

Woody

I was wondering why everyone was lying and then up popped jpe, adjusted for inflation. Another case of figures don't lie but liars figure. Do you know anyone that lost their a** under Slick Willie when they discovered that a hundred or so major 'money movers' had two sets of books? (Worldcom showed Billions of dollars on the books and I had more in my checking account than those criminals left in the entire corporation.) I know a few who lost their a**, and they have now got back what they lost and made money. Too most of the elderly who lost their a** to Slick's con weren't able to keep working and build their funds back during an honest stock market, well almost honest. There are still some 'slick' era hangerson that are ripping people off.

Why do the democrats keep lying when every 'honest person' in America knows the economy is roaring and the democrats are lying?

I'm looking forward to a 25% tax increase, 10% unemployment and a stock market crash.

Democrats new motto: We're going to take it away from you for the 'common good'. What a bunch of a**wipes.

"The Democrats under Clinton are the party of fiscal responsibility, while the Republicans under Reagan and Bush II are the party of debt and deficits."

Reagan took down the Commies. Bush is trying to take down Islamofascism. Who did Bubba go down on?

Woody is right. Plus, if the Dow were at, say, 7800 and not improved much since Fall '01 (when investors panicked for no reason) it would be a non-stop barrage of headlines blaming Bush. Instead, the MSM needs to make up things to blame Bush for. Unemployment in the 00's is lower than it was in the 90's. I saw that consumer prices were down - the article was buried on the last page of the business section of my local paper. I seem to recall that when they rise, it's on page A1 of that same paper; or any paper for that matter.

By the way, when was the last time anyone heard the word "hurricane" in the news? haha. In May and June, that's all we heard. What happened? Maybe we should ask that hurricane and structural engineer expert, Spike Lee.

If the entire nation is in debt that should be good news because the big, evil, predatory lending practicing, credit card companies will lose and lose big when people start defaulting and filling for personal bankruptcy. This is good for the Democrats because, then, maybe the big credit card companies like Citigroup (I can't name any others because I have no CC debt because I'm smart) will have to lay off people if their profits decline; like they hope will happen to ExxonMobil. The Democratic party's ideal - the cycle of dependency - might pick back up again.