It's a new day

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - November 6, 2008, 06:46AM

The day after Barack Obama was elected president, Wall Street celebrated — with a 500-point slide in the stock market.

Analysts said the decline was more a result of continuing fears about the depth, length and severity of the coming recession, not Obama’s proposed policies.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.