What a mash-up these weeks have been. By any measure, this is one of the most historic elections America has seen.<\/p>\n
We’ll elect an African American president, or a woman as vice president.<\/p>\n
We’ll come to the end of one of the most controversial presidencies in modern times.<\/p>\n
We’ll also likely see Democratic control of Congress solidified, following a long era of Republican control.<\/p>\n
Throw onto that fire a massive, systemic meltdown of the U.S. economy and you have yesterday’s House vote, where the Wall Street bailout went down in flames.<\/p>\n
Democracy ain’t pretty, but it sure is interesting.<\/p>\n
So here’s a prediction. To avoid voter wrath, lawmakers will pass a couple of smaller, stop-gap spending measures, designed to prop up banks and other key institutions through January.<\/p>\n
The message to Wall Street: Hang in there, help is on the way.<\/p>\n
When the new President takes office, he and Congress will approve something big, something painful…and something really unpopular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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