Given what Obama said he effectively did. He won’t be renominated and is now a lame duck.
Something really handy atm would be some direct link to Obama actually saying what everyone says he said. Nothing at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ though they tend to change things after the fact anyway. The bottom line I'm working with is--
--Bernanke's been there a long time and can't stay forever,
--Market's been unstable for several years now,
--overall trends have been recent positive for a few years and flat for a decade or so.
All in all this is a bit too 'interesting' for my tastes. Maybe this stuff will look better after my morning coffee...