Surprise: Dems are better for stockmarket

[CJCRANE]

Surprise: Dems are better for rallies

Despite 'market friendly' Republican policies, stocks rise more and volatility dips under Democrats.
January 22, 2004: 2:11 PM EST
By Alexandra Twin, CNN/Money Staff Writer

http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/21/markets/election_demsvreps/

[DuaneBidoux]

1. No surprise: everyone does better when everyone does better.

[CJCRANE]

3. True

but it's always useful to have a few facts handy to knock down RW talking points.

[politicaholic]

4. OMG - you're a friggin' genius! You deserve the Gov't's highest honor...

a wire tap.

[wakeme2008]

2. In five years the dow is now just where it was when

Bush took office.

No surprise there.

[chaumont58]

5. Harry Truman said: "If you want to live like a Republican, vote ...

Democrat."

It was true in Mr Truman's time and its true now.

[chaumont58]

6. On some repuke bulletin board, they were excited over .....

the stock market being its highest in four years!! Bush has been President five years, but they said nothing about that.

[skipos]

7. I posted some info about this a few weeks ago

Check it out here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2332058

[CJCRANE]

8. Good discussion.

Carville hit the nail on the head back in Clinton's first campaign with "it's the economy, stupid!"

Democrats need more slogans like that.