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[blaseblasphemener]

That's all I wanted to say. Carry on.

[bacasper]

What about McCain?

[Funkdafied]

They may be the same people but they have very different attitudes to special interests in Washington.

[bacasper]

Clinton, Obama are Wall Street darlings

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wallstdems21mar21,1,1953804.story

Donations to Democratic campaigns prompt concern that the candidates will go soft on regulation of the financial markets.

By Janet Hook and Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
March 21, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who are running for president as economic populists, are benefiting handsomely from Wall Street donations, easily surpassing Republican John McCain in campaign contributions from the troubled financial services sector.

It is part of a broader fundraising shift toward Democrats, compared to past campaigns when Republicans were the favorites of Wall Street.

Some Democrats worry that the influx of money will make their candidates less willing to call for increased regulation of financial markets, which have been in turmoil after a wave of foreclosures on sub-prime mortgages.

These concerned Democrats argue that their candidates, and presumptive Republican nominee McCain, should be willing to push for financial institutions to accept more government regulation -- in exchange for likely future bailouts, such as the recent deal the Federal Reserve orchestrated for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to take over Bear Stearns Cos.
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For now, though, Sen. Clinton of New York is leading the way, bringing in at least $6.29 million from the securities and investment industry, compared with $6.03 million for Sen. Obama of Illinois and $2.59 million for McCain, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Those figures include donations from the investment companies' employees and political action committees.
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Spokesmen for Obama, Clinton and McCain deny that the candidates' ideas on handling the economic crisis are being shaped by donations from Wall Street.

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Perhaps they've seen this:

Odds on Winning Party

Democrats 1/2
Republicans 6/4

[twg]

Gotta love big business. They don't care who wins, just as long as they can get to ride the horsie once it does.

[Czarjorge]

That's why I'm pro-Obama. A black man with the middle name Hussein is better for the US, than an old white lady with baggage, I mean experience.

[Milwaukiedave]