The lower we go (ie. the Dow) is it more likely the Dems take the white house?

Historically that's what does it.

So will the Dems make lemonade from the lemons or will we be left with rotten lemons four years out?

The lower we go (ie. the Dow) is it more likely the Dems take the white house?windows mobile

awe man! i hope not :(

i really hope we can shed some kind light on the last 7 years of Bush, it's hard when the media is against us every step.

oh well, as with almost every democrat voted in, people soon live to regret putting them there.

The lower we go (ie. the Dow) is it more likely the Dems take the white house?safari browser internet explorer

Yes, Democrats have always had to clean up the mess Republicans make.
I think the Republican party has failed America enough all by themselves. The Democrats were excluded from government for 6 years. Isn't it at least fair to say Republican policies might be at the root of some of the problems?
Bad economic times usually favor the party out of office, so probably. But it a long time till election day and anything can happen.
Do you really think with the mood of the country another republican stands a chance of winning the white house? I don't, not only that they'll lose more seats in congress especially since they have about double the candidates up for re-election then democrats.
Yes.

Democrats will say that it's a Mandate to force Communism upon America.

Democrats either work for the Government, or are on Welfare.

Both Groups of Democrats Hate the Stock Market %26amp; Employers.

But, most of all, Democrats Hate Working People.
Historically yes, but this isn't going to be the case this time. The party lines have become blurred over the last 16 - 20 years. Hillary is not a Democrat, she's a Republican, McCain is really a Democrat, Romney is a Liberal, Huckabee is a nut case - and boring at that! and Ron Paul will be the President.
No, I don't believe it will have an effect like it did in the past.

91% of securities worth is held by only a half of a percent of American households. (Source, James Poterba, "Stock Market Welath and Consumption" Journal of Economic Perspectives 14(@), 99-118, Spring 2000)

69% of total net worth is held by about 10% of American households (source: same)

There simply aren't enough American households siginificantly affected by a drop in stock prices directly to make them take notice. Housing worth - THAT they notice. It represents some 30% of the average American household's net worth - give or take for lesser equity due to the creative financing craze of the past 5 years.

When Americans see stock market price drops, they are more likely to immediately think of their jobs. They have a tendency to view their jobs as "charity" - "given" to them by employers who have nothing better to do with their money. They think that if the employers lose money through any means, they will immediately take away the "charity" of these jobs.

And over the past 25 years, Americans have looked to Republicans to "create" jobs through government spending. A lot of our "growth" (if it can be called that) - outside of housing - was due to the massive contractor spending done in connection with "war" spending, under the guise of defense. Additionally, because of 9/11, this Administration massively expanded the government, creating lots of government jobs with it.

Since the media is now fully on the side of these kinds of policies and Republicans in general, I am not too sure that any economic downturn will bring voters to the Democrats.

In fact, I see evidence of these voters already believing that the recent downturn was due solely to the House having gone to a Democratic majority in 2006.