I expect you will be more than a little surprised with a Bush presidency. The Republicans have finally learned what the Democrats have known for years. The Dems have sounded like Ronald Reagan on the campaign trail and have then governed from the left. It looks like the Republicans have finally learned to talk like moderates while, I suspect, they will govern from the right of center. Not the far right, but from the right.
As for no differences between the two... bunk. From tax cuts to defense to education vouchers to a wide array of social issues, Bush will sign legislation that Clinton has vetoed. There is also the Supreme Court. Bush will appoint strict constructionists (read conservative) that interpret the Constitution, not legislate from the bench. For the past 40 years the left has depended on liberal judges to legislate from the bench and advance an agenda they could never have passed in Congress.
The stock market could care less who is president. Clinton has had zero affect on this market. All he has done is give us the largest tax increase in history, which is hardly friendly to the stock market. No, the stock market feeds on liquidity and easy money, and Easy Al and his band of merry pranksters at the Fed have been the movers and shakers behind the stock market. That won't change. Easy Al doesn't want to see the Japan scenario repeated here. He is letting the air out of the bubble, hopefully slowly, but it could crash. The market will definitely be lower by November than it is now, possibly much lower. That will not help Gore, but I expect it won't hurt him much either. |
