Huh??? Let me try this again... DOW was at 14,280 Oct 11, 2007 down to 8085 Oct 27, 2008, all BEFORE Obama was even elected... that's DOWN 6195 points BEFORE even Obama was elected... just in case you failed math at school... here... LOOK UP THE DATES... <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI&a=9&b=1&c=1928&d=2&e=11&f=2009&g=d&z=66&y=330" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI&a=9&b=1&c=1928&d=2&e=11&f=2009&g=d&z=66&y=330</a>