Fox Business' Payne:  A Brown win "fertilizes the soil for an incredible longer-term stock market rally"

They desperately need something, anything they can use to declare themselves the saviors of the economy should it bounce back in the coming year. Of course, if the markets remain stagnant should Brown win, then what tune are they going to sing?

... or, in simpler terms, we're Fox so we'll say and do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get the GOP elected.

Next will be something like this: "A vote for Brown means the skies will rain with beer and endless happiness!"

That's exactly what he's saying. But hasn't the stock market been rallying for about 6 months now? And haven't all the cons been saying that doesn't matter because unemployment is still high?

A Brown win will mean the sky will cry tears of joy with big rain and good crops for our people. Because the tribal elders have ruled it so. Welcome to the FOXstone biz channel. Good luck suckers.

Got to give credit to Fox for introducing a new trick--Bribing the Stupid! No actual cash is trading hands, but there's a sorta, kinda, maybe chance you'll have a bigger bank account if you just do what the nice Fox people tell you do to.

It reminds me of the film "Being There," when Chance the Gardener appears on a talk show and all his gardening references (like "fertilizing the soil") are mistaken for economic optimism. Life, again, imitates art much more cruelly.

I read "fertilizes" a little more literally - in the scatalogical sense.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (which is cited by nearly all news organizations every day as an overall indicator of the stock market) actually went down by $2300 (more than 22%!) during the 8 years of mostly Republican led government and the George W. Bush administration. Don't tell Fox "News" that, though.

The Dow opened at $10,581.90 on Jan. 22, 2001 (the first business day) when GWB took office and opened at $8,279.63 on January 20, 2009 - President Obama's inauguration day.

Compare that to the Dow Jones Industrial Average under Bill Clinton where the Dow more than tripled itself!

The Dow has already started to rebound from Republican rule. As of 2:15p today EST when I am posting this, the Dow is at $10,715.46 - up more than 29% since President Obama took office just last January!

I would put Clinton's record up against Bush any day and it looks like Obama is slowly turning things around as well. Will you see or hear any analysis of this from conservatives? Never. They just cling to their fairy tales that the market supposedly only likes conservatives despite obvious indications to the opposite. Lol.

How does one single Senator have this kind of power?

I mentioned the same thing above, Capt. This seems to be a "business" channel for people who have never had a job, let alone been involved in business in any broader sense.

I guess if you have an audience who can be convinced that a snowstorm in December in New England means all the scientists are wrong about global warming trends, you'll try to tell them that electing one more member to the minority party will explain everything when the market rallies.

I'd laugh, but some wingnuts in MA will be inspired to go vote for Brown by this nonsense.