It is rare, indeed, that a president bad mouths his own economy to Wall Street - no matter what Congress is doing. In fact, I have a hard time coming up with any precedent for it. But here was the president yesterday, urging Wall Street to be "concerned" (panic) because of the shutdown. CNBC: Wall Street needs to be genuinely worried about what is going on in Washington, President Barack Obama told CNBC in a White House interview Wednesday. While gridlock in D.C. is nothing new, "this time I think Wall Street should be concerned," Obama said. "When you have a situation in which a faction is willing to default on U.S. obligations, then we are in trouble," Obama said. U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street Thursday. Click here to get the latest futures action. Late Wednesday, Obama met with Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress, including House Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and...(Read Full Post)