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Dear Mr. President

October 29, 2008

By Jamie Dlugosch, Contributing Editor, InvestorPlace

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Jamie Dlugosch

Jamie Dlugosch

Jamie is the editor of Penny Stock Winners. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets including investment banking, equity analysis and research and money management. In addition to being the Editor of Penny Stock Winners, he is also a Contributing Editor of InvestorPlace.com and founder and editor of The Rational Investor.

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Dear Mr. President to be,

In about a week or so, the longest presidential campaign in election history will finally come to a close. A winner will be named and we can finally go about the business of solving the many issues that lay before us.

No matter who wins, this will be an historic vote. Both candidates promise to bring change to Washington. With most of the electorate believing that we are on the wrong track, the new President along with Congress will preside over exactly where it is that we go from here.

Front and center of the new direction will be a solution for what has become the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. We won't be able to fix other problems including our debt, social security, health insurance and defense without addressing what is transpiring in the current economy.

Though both candidates have well articulated plans for dealing with all of the above, the best laid plans of mice and men...

In other words the new President will have no choice but to play with the cards that are dealt to him. The platform for the future will have to wait. Instead, the winner of the election must address the perfect storm that is now conspiring against our economy.

The solution to this mess will not be easy. It will require either winner to put aside partisanship while making very difficult decisions. Everything should be on the table with comprehensive solutions being put forth by both parties.

We are one country that has risen to the occasion many times in our storied history. It is time for us to do so again. Hopefully the winner on Tuesday will be able to take us to where we want and need to go.

Here are a few suggestions that may get us back on the right path. If we do these things it is my belief that investors will benefit with a powerful stock rally that will recover much of what has been lost during this crisis.