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In reply to the discussion: "One of Clinton’s biggest strengths [is] her passion for..." [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)9. Why Wall Street Loves Hillary
...While the finance industry does genuinely hate Warren, the big bankers love Clinton, and by and large they badly want her to be president. Many of the rich and powerful in the financial industryamong them, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, Tom Nides, a powerful vice chairman at Morgan Stanley, and the heads of JPMorganChase and Bank of Americaconsider Clinton a pragmatic problem-solver not prone to populist rhetoric. To them, shes someone who gets the idea that we all benefit if Wall Street and American business thrive. What about her forays into fiery rhetoric? They dismiss it quickly as political maneuvers. None of them think she really means her populism.
Although Hillary Clinton has made no formal announcement of her candidacy, the consensus on Wall Street is that she is runningand running hardand that her national organization is quickly falling into place behind the scenes. That all makes her attractive. Wall Street, above all, loves a winner, especially one who is not likely to tamper too radically with its vast money pot.
According to a wide assortment of bankers and hedge-fund managers I spoke to for this article, Clintons rock-solid support on Wall Street is not anything that can be dislodged based on a few seemingly off-the-cuff comments in Boston calculated to protect her left flank.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/why-wall-street-loves-hillary-112782_full.html#.VGVtjPnF-Sp
Although Hillary Clinton has made no formal announcement of her candidacy, the consensus on Wall Street is that she is runningand running hardand that her national organization is quickly falling into place behind the scenes. That all makes her attractive. Wall Street, above all, loves a winner, especially one who is not likely to tamper too radically with its vast money pot.
According to a wide assortment of bankers and hedge-fund managers I spoke to for this article, Clintons rock-solid support on Wall Street is not anything that can be dislodged based on a few seemingly off-the-cuff comments in Boston calculated to protect her left flank.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/why-wall-street-loves-hillary-112782_full.html#.VGVtjPnF-Sp
Seems as though ever since Wall Street took over our treasury dept years ago, our "American upward mobility" took a nose dive, at least for the majority..We need to END this, not hand them the fricking keys.
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Her constant siding with Republicans, constant betrayal of other Democrats
True Blue Door
Dec 2014
#3
So you like Warren who WAS a Republican for 25 or 30 years, casting right wing, bigoted votes
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#18
You DO know that the only people using the term "inevitable" are the anti-Hillary folks, right?
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#11
I do not like pointing, but I have seen it expressed that why waste money on primaries
djean111
Dec 2014
#14
I see an ASSERTION (without evidence) that McCaskill doesn't want a primary...
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#38
Or was it Marie Antoinette ? She of the let them eat cake? I had no idea that Anderson's
Autumn
Dec 2014
#40
And that is why I don't care for either of them. Liz was a Republican and is way too socially righty
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#21
Not socially right IN THE LEAST today. Unlike Hillary. Reagan began as a Democrat & we know how
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#29
I don't know how many times I have to post this to you. She REFUSES to endorse Hillary.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#27
Not endorsing! Why do you think Stephanopolous tried so hard to get her to say it.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#34
And that means, 'what' exactly? Did you think that Liberals are going to blindly continue to
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#46