Business news and analysis. Business news and analysis. 1186, and this is 1998, it toppled 19 by august 31st. A lot of anxiety there. But then, it mostly move sideways during the Senate Hearings which began early february, ended on february 12th, 1999. Look at the chart, you can see the stock market was up to the races after that. Neil you have a good economic or market backed up. I think it helps if you are president to base of the like his. Richard nixon was not so lucky, if you think about it. If he had to kind of growth that reagan had, clinton had, he might have survived, for sure. Neil you never know. Certainly, all of these rattling barks, could it rattle your money . Sam, what you think . Hey, neil, good to talk to you again. I think that newspapers are sold on headlines, but stocks are purchased on bottom lines. This really does not affect the overall bottom line. I think it certainly is something that will be selling newspapers and causing people to turn on fox in the coming
economic fundamentals. the economic fundamentals right now are very strong. plus, you have to understand that president trump, his economies are so pro growth. the cutting of regulation, the cutting of taxes have already been put into place. we will see that to benefit even if the house switch is to democrats. neil: do you get sense that the president s own performance of the market and the economy, people objectively has said it is very strong is hurt by the ongoing drip, drip, drip of development of the washington post story out a few minutes ago that there are president saw the possibility of pardoning paul mena for? but again, it is part of the ongoing pattern. here s another development. here is another drip when you think? thought that the market cares at all, neil, i question the uncertainty. what is the uncertainty? at the democrats take the house, the president is more than likely not going to be impeached. we know that he will not be in the senate.
personal expenditures category. then again, you have the other side of the school of thought that would say, my goodness, the guy is running for president and the reason why he did it was to increase his odds and the election. therefore, it should be counted as campaign expenditures. you should recall when john edwards was the candidate and he was making his payoffs, and ultimately, he was acquitted of these charges. but, again, i think it underscores that when you re talking campaign finance law, there are a lot of gray area, and at the end of the day, it will often turn on what the intent of these payment was. neil: let me ask you real quickly about the story that the washington post put out that the lawyers were talking about pardoning paul manafort. john roberts was able to contact gruber giuliani, and that he would never consider this. i don t know what is what s there, but what do you make of that? what would happen if the