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one of the stories that hasn't gotten a lot of ink

is how poorly the Republicans are doing on fundraising for

congressional candidates.

The political environment is awful and I think this is one of the things dragging market

stops.

When people say the market's bottoming out, to me that implies we'll have a big critical

rebound and that I don't see. Bloomberg surveillance, your link to the world of

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Good morning, it is 8 o'clock on Wall Street.

I'm Michael McKee.

Francine Lacroix is sitting in this hour for Tom Keene.

Where in the world is Tom Keene?

We told you yesterday, he's somewhere where they take dollars today

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