Barack Obama was inaugurated President of the United States of America on 20 January 2009; George W Bush was inaugurated on 20 January 2001; Bill Clinton on 20 January 1993.
From 20 January 2009 to 8 October 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gone from 7949 to 11,006 (a 38.5% increase); the Nadaq has gone from 1441 to 2402 (66.7% increase); the S&P 500 has gone from 805 to 1165 (44.7% increase); and the Russell 2000 has gone from 434 to 694 (59.9% increase). The S&P 500 is included in the Index of Leading Economic Indicators.
From January 2001 to January 2009, the DJIA went from 10,660 to 7949 (-25.4%), the Nasdaq went from 2781 to 1441 (-48.2%), the S&P 500 went from 1355 to 805 (-40.6%), and the Russell 2000 went from 499 to 434 (-13.1%).
From January 1993 to January 2001, the DJIA went from 3310 to 10,660 (+222%), the Nasdaq went from 696 to 2781 (+300%), the S&P 500 went from 439 to 1355 (+209%), and the Russell 2000 went from 228 to 499 (+119%). These facts once again demonstrate that "facts have a liberal bias".
Statistics from Yahoo! Finance.