Piper; You must have loved Bill Clinton. Under his administration the stock market made it's all time best runup. In fact, all the recent decrease came under Bush. Truth is, presiodents have little to do with economic cycles. But they always take credit for the good and balme the bad on someone else.

I just saw on the news that more than 1/2 of the Washingtion congressional delegation are unsure if they will support the president's $87 Billion request. Interestingly two fo the undecideds are republicans.

One congressmen helped put it in perspective by saying the $87 Billion would pay for all veterans programs for a year and would cover all transportation programs for a year and a quarter. I think this debate is just starting.