Don't look now, but the Dow is actually up since George Bush's last day in office.
It's a very modest gain -- 29 points -- and it could easily disappear tomorrow, but it does weaken the right's narrative about President Obama and the economy.
Back in early March, they were living high off the dips in the Dow, freely bashing Obama for 'wrecking' the economy:
Now, after finding comfort in the do-nothing alternative proposed by Rush Limbaugh, the conservative narrative of a stock market in decline has disappeared, at least for the time being.
Whether it comes back or not in the short-term really isn't the point here. The real point is that while all signs point towards an economy that will be on the upswing within the next year or two, it's the conservative philosophy that managed to get us where we are today.
It's the conservative philosophy that managed to tank the Dow by 25% over 8 years -- not including inflation. The absurd nature of their attacks on Obama have been exceeded only by the absurdity of ignoring the economic disaster that occurred on their watch.
And now that the Dow is up since inauguration, what do we hear from the right about President Obama's economic acumen?
Nothing -- just crickets. Because they want nothing more than for him to fail.