Submitted by Eric M. Bram, Nov 10, 2006 17:45

Actually, for a long time now conventional wisdom has been that divided government (the President and Congress controlled by different parties) is good for business and for the stock market, because it means political gridlock. And the less government does, the better it is for the economy!

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