So, what happens if the crisis is over...?

[regnaD kciN]

Poll question: So, what happens if the crisis is over...?

After almost a thousand-point drop this week, the stock market turned around on news of a government bailout plan. Stocks shot up 410 points in the last hours of yesterday's trading, and the futures market is currently up another 285 points. It's quite possible, by the end of today, that the whole roller-coaster ride may only result in an overall drop of 200 points or so; not good, but not the meltdown that people feared a couple of days ago.

Obviously, the early part of this week was very good for Obama's poll ratings. If the crisis is over, what happens now?

[lapfog_1]

1. The folks I know are STEAMING over the bailouts.

The bailouts may put the DJIA back to something like "normal" but Joe Taxpayer (and mortgage payer who ISN'T getting a bailout) is pretty pissed off about the whole thing.

We have to keep pushing that, more than anyone else, Phil Graham and John McCain were responsible for this mess. John wants to fire someone, he should start much closer to home.

[cali]

2. Are you kidding? This isn't even close to over, and it won't be

this is THE topic for the remainder of the election season. The average American is now aware of how fragile the economy is and aware that they will be paying the bill for this for years to come.