have this contradiction of not being in a position to appeal to more moderate voters because he s going to have to constantly reassure the social conservatives who largely voted against him in the primary. the rachel maddow show week nights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc, the place for politics. and now here s your first look at how wall street kicks off the day. the dow opens at 13,057 after tumbling 115 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 11 and the nasdaq fell 20. looking at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei sank 107 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng plunged 252. well, investors banking on help from the fed seemed a little less certain thursday. uncertainty about the likelihood of more stimulus spread after james bullard, the president of the fed st. louis bank, told our sister network cnbc that the minutes from the central bank s july 31st meeting were stale