Presidents do little to nothing for an economy. The WORLD was doing well due to the PC when Clinton was president. And the WORLD is not doing well primarily due to high nergy costs and errors in social engineering policies of home wonership. Key issue here is that things are primarily global now and I would discourage anyone from buying into this kind of negative thinking.

In any event, the economy is not the end all to be all. Like you said Lola, it is ALL about finidng a need and filling it. For example, my family law activity is increasing due to bad times. Crime and bankruptcies go up and so I am angling those areas and will be up and running and marketing these areas aggresively after the first of the year. Thus, find needs and fill them. And considering how high gas costs went, we have been doing pretty well. The gloomy, negative overexaggeration about the overall state of the economy is more election related than anything else. Connsidering the financial markets and the errors in social engineering of home ownership and stupid risk taking on the part of home buyers and investors clearly shows the resilience of our market.

Anyhoo...even if you want to believe the market is so bad or whether it is or not, you can still do well in an economic downturn. Hewlett Packard, Coors, Disney, Super 8 motels, and even Microsoft were all started during economic doldrums.

For a much more positive outlook than Roger wnats to suggest or thinking a president is going to make the difference, read this:

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/business-startups-in-a-down-economy-starting-a-business-a-surprising-trend-during-recessions-63266.php