In an independent survey of over 500 economists the overwhelming majority say Obama’s plan shall have the best long-term impact on the economy.
On the top 5 issues, Obama is preferred in 4.
Rank Issues Obama McCain 
1 Education 59% 14%  
2 Health care 65% 20%  
3 International trade 26% 51%  
4 Energy 61% 22% 
5 Encouraging

Technology/innovation 43% 23%




The study was commissioned by the creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams. He’s done an brilliant analysis of the results on his blog over at: http://dilbert.com/blog




In other news, the stock market dropped like a rock yesterday as well as the government is buying all of the bad debt they can get their hands on. Greenspan is calling this a “once-in-a-century” financial crisis. Is it time to stockpile food as well as trade our dollars on behalf of gold/silver? I’m hoping not but time shall tell.