Yes. But Dodd was holding down the bull due to fear of his fingers in the cookie jar.
Obama and his GS/C Alumni has pretty much provided more than enough liquidity to keep the markets going up but with dodd out of the picture it will be a big help.
He wanted to mess too much with things.
The best thing that can happen is 2010 we get Gridlock in congress and no bills pass for a few years.