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Roger Smith: If you blame Obama for stock losses, what about even bigger gains?

On Aug. 24 on Fox News, Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee and Carly Fiorina all took the news of the stock market downturn as a chance to blame it on President Barack Obama. On Aug. 26 the NASDAQ had the biggest gain in four years and the Dow had the third largest gain in its history. Still waiting for them to congratulate the president on the recovery.

Roger Smith, Modesto

This story was originally published August 27, 2015 at 3:27 PM with the headline "Roger Smith: If you blame Obama for stock losses, what about even bigger gains?."

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