Gridlock in Washington won't be good for a stock market thirsty for more tax cuts and spending

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Bob Pisani has a problem with the consensus on the election and the markets: 'For the last two years, stocks have risen because Washington was not gridlocked. But now we're expected to believe stocks will go up because it is gridlocked.'

 

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The Dem led House brings more than gridlock. Rational thought out of Washington will help the markets; just like Obama, Bernanke, and Geithner helped the markets out of the Bush crash

Nonsense. Just say you are trying to influence the voter in favor of GOP

Oh well. How about the deficit?

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