THE WEEK President Obama was first inaugurated, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at 8,078; NASDAQ closed at 1,477. Yesterday, the DJIA closed at 18,197; the NASDAQ at 5004. Those were increases of 125% and 239% respectively. During that same period of time, my personal wealth has grown by 152%.

And I thought Republicans were the party that looked out for the Wall Street wealthy....