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And in other news, the sky did not fall NOW NOW NOW

Fri, 09/26/2008 - 3:21pm — lambert

AP:

The Dow Jones industrials rose 126 points to the 11,149 level,

Not saying that there are no real problems -- even if Hank Paulson can't, or won't, explain what they are and how giving him a trillion dollars will solve them -- just that NOW NOW NOW is really part of the problem.

Or, rather, the people screaming it are.

One day at a time works in a lot of situations just fine.

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Did some checking on the DJIA in the past

By FeralLiberal on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 5:24pm

On Nov 7th, 2000 (election day) the DJIA opened at 10,964. It's flirting with that level now. If it opens below that on election day 2008, I believe Bush will be the first 2 term president where the Dow was higher when he was (s)elected than when his replacement was elected.

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