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On a more serious note, the biggest reason companies aren't expanding and rebuilding at the moment is because of the uncertainty. No one knows where corporate taxes will be over the next decade. No one knows what Obamacare will cost them, or what other socialization the Democrats would pass. No one knows what the cost will be for CO2 cap-and-tax. No one knows the cost for Obama's regulatory reform, or other tax reform. These things make it risky for a corporation to spend money, because they don't know how badly they will be hit in the future.
Most money will continue to stay on the sidelines though until the effect of this election is known. Remember the Clinton-era government shut-down? If the Republicans and the Democrats can't come up with a compromise that Obama is willing to sign, then the economy takes another hit until we see which side emerges victorious from the blame wars. If Obama decides to implement the remainder of his agenda via executive orders and agencies rather than move to the center, then the House can't stop him and the economy will likely continue its slow slide as capital continues to flee our country. Either way, how the Republicans intend to fix the economy is probably irrelevant, as they have very little power unless they want to risk the blame wars they lost with Clinton.
And even if the Republicans do leverage their power into an improved economy, neither party yet has a clue how to stop our slide to the bottom from outsourcing - nor do I. Now that Red China has access to all the West's technology, I'm not even sure it's possible to stop the slide. So while the Pubbies may be able to get our economy restarted by stabilizing our political and economic system, our underlying problems will remain and continue worsening.
