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Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

"But the other was the election of President Obama, a completely unknown entity with liberal Democratic beliefs (tax and spend)."

- as distinct from recent Republican presidents such as Bush who were simply spend. Let's not forget the importance of the Bush tax cuts during war time, a historic first, in landing us in the debt-ridden mire we are in now.

"Some have pointed out that the fall in Obama's poll numbers directly correlates to the rise in the stock market. "

-- there is no doubt a 'correlation' there. There is also a correlation with his poll numbers and the incidence of people wearing shorts and tank tops

"I am least comfortable with the current President and Congress than I have ever been in my lifetime."

-- I am not crazy about Obama, but Bush & Cheney were a disastor.