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David Houston on Last Week's Poll Question

'It'll depend a lot on their advisors.'

By Brianne Harrison | Updated on June 13, 2008

WOULD A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE HELP THE ECONOMY?

At long last, the Democratic party has settled on a presidential candidate, which means it’s time for the real speculation to begin. If Obama’s elected, what will he do? Will he end the war in Iraq? Will he fist bump major world leaders? Perhaps most importantly: Will he save our floundering economy? Our readers don’t seem to think so. More than half of this week’s poll respondents (54%) think that a Democrat in the White House would further destroy the economy. Almost a third (28%) believe he’ll turn things around. Eighteen percent don’t anticipate much change either way. David Houston, president of Colliers Houston & Co., doubts that either party will be able to accomplish much. Here are his thoughts:

“It’s tough to answer the question, because you never find out until after they’re elected what they’re going to do or not do. It seems to me that if the Democratic platform is universal healthcare and all these benefits that we can’t afford, we’re going to have problems. Not only will they not help the economy, but they won’t be able to deliver on these promises, there’s no money!

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