December 30, 2008 Top ten news stories of 2008 (part 2) Play video

(NECN) - A modest wish for the New Year. If only we could turn back the clock to January 2008. A time of Bliss, when real estate was always sold at a profit, the stock market only went up, and you couldn't wait to trade in your SUV for one that was newer and bigger. Was it all a dream?

On Newsnight, we review the best and worst of 2008. A dog year in which it seems everyone lost savings, or jobs, or homes and some people lost all three.

And yet, a new president is waiting in the wings and he'll make history just by taking the oath of office. What a year!

Joining Brian Burnell to try and make sense of it all is Arnie Arnesen, of Politicalchowder.com, and Robert Hedlund, republican of Weymouth, is a Massachusetts State Senator.