FORTUNE Magazine: Business LOVES Hillary - A Surprising Look at who Corporate America Bets On

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

For some reason, I got Fortune Magazine in the mail today, and to my surprise Hillary Clinton graced the cover as the candidates business loves.

Also in the article, it says of Obama: "The Illinois Senator has a solid base of business support in Chicago but has also fared well with Hollywood media moguls and has aggressively moved into Clinton's turf among <i> East Coast financiars </i>" (emphasis added).

It says of Edwards, "As a former trial lawyer campaigning on a pro-union platform, Edwards is not the go-to guy for big business. Yet he has important allies, including many at a hedge fund where he once consulted."

Of course it also names all three major Republican presidential candidates as being supported by big business. It's the news about Hillary Clinton being THE candidate business loves and Obama as a runner-up that disturbs me.

Looking here, it looks like Edwards could be another FDR in terms of setting a liberal agenda...if he only had a chance. On the other hand, he could just be playing to the left (since his record is remarkably centrist including a vote for PNTR with China).

EDIT: Found a link online to part of the article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100121742/index.htm?postversion=2007062618

Read and :puke:

[Name removed]

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[rinsd]

2. Randomly got Fortune in the mail?

Color me skeptical.

You could have just posted your hit piece and been done with it.

[buff2]

4. It's getting to be a habit with this person

The Hillary hatred makes him really ugly.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

3. Delete this thread please. I posted it twice.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1204359

[buff2]

5. That's what happens when you get overly zealous with your hatred of Hillary

:grr:

[durrrty libby]

6. Hee Haw Hee Haw

[Clark2008]

7. I'm sorry, but Edwards is so far removed from FDR that the

sentence there is laughable.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

9. I'm surprised you find it surprising.

She's DLC - that translates as Damn Liberal Capitalists.

That's where the true compassionate conservativsm is.

[buff2]

10. So...........are you for Romney or Mccain?

Just wondering.......

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. And you believe, maybe, that as Hitler said

"to defeat us, they must become us"?

I'd rather vote for a democrat, myself.

[buff2]

12. Well,then it looks like you will be voting for HILLARY

:thumbsup: :evilgrin:

[RaleighNCDUer]

13. I hope not, but i will if I have to.

Then I'll go and get massively drunk as the results come in for another 4 republican years.

[leftchick]

15. explain to me, if they all serve the same corporate interests

which they do, where the difference lies.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

16. I am not for Romney. I am not for McCain. Shame on you to make this suggestion n/t

[bamacrat]

14. Thats great anohter candidate for big business.

Woo Hoo. Things will never change.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

17. Nope. Looks like we're the suckers

No wonder it's all about platitudes about hope and change...because the economic reality will stay the same no matter what.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

18. Kick and Imaginary Rec.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

19. Thanks for the post

We need to focus more on economic issues and the corporate ties of candidates, not just the horse race, haircuts, poll-tested rhetoric, etc. It will be interesting to see how much corporate and fatcat backing certain candidates do...

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

20. Amen to that. As we say here: MONEY TALKS, BULLSHIT WALKS n.t