Obama losing Wall Street donors to Romney
August 22, 2011, 12:47 PM
Wall Street executives who supported Barack Obama in his 2008 White House bid are switching to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, the Hill reported Monday.
Sixty-seven New York City metro area financial-sector workers who donated at least once to Obama in 2008 have directed more than $147,000 in contributions to Romney’s campaign, the Capitol Hill newspaper reported.
The donors are employed by, among others, Credit Suisse CS, the Blackstone Group BX and Goldman Sachs GS, according to the report.
The Hill quotes one executive as saying he and some of his colleagues feel betrayed by Obama, who has used tough rhetoric on Wall Street in speeches.
“Everybody I speak to is on the same boat – disappointment,” the executive, who requested anonymity, told the Hill.
Only three of the 67 have given to Obama this year, the Hill reported
I don't have anything to do with posting national political stories, sorry.
Instead of making this about me, why don't you tell us more about what you think about him as the possible Republican nominee, other than you consider him a RINO?
WayneH wrote: I don't have anything to do with posting national political stories, sorry.
Instead of making this about me, why don't you tell us more about what you think about him as the possible Republican nominee, other than you consider him a RINO?
Not a Republican in my mind.....Mass Health Care was a mini-Obamacare... and it failed.
Yeah, it sure is....how's this for a trusted source.....Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there's an unintended consequence: A sudden demand for primary care doctors has outpaced the supply.
Predictably, rising costs now threaten the viability of the Massachusetts plan, leaving Gov. Deval Patrick and his Legislature to play catch-up. Mr. Patrick has warned he might try to regulate insurance premiums if insurers and hospitals do not demonstrate self-discipline. And lawmakers are awaiting recommendations from a state commission charged with reinventing the payment system so doctors and hospitals are rewarded for preventive care rather than the quantity of treatment they provide.
