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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 12:45 AM May 2016

Wall Street Donors Give Clinton a Boost

http://m.wsj.net/video/20160509/050916lunchclinton/050916lunchclinton_v2_ec664k.mp4


Hillary Clinton reaping donations from Wall Street

The analysis of campaign-finance reports shows that some Wall Street donors have shifted their financial support from Republican candidates who dropped out of the race, such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, to Clinton in recent months.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-sector-gives-hillary-clinton-a-boost-1462750725
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griffi94

(3,733 posts)
1. Great. Hillary should take whatever is there
Tue May 10, 2016, 12:55 AM
May 2016

Keeps it out of Trumps war chest.

I'm really glad we have a candidate that can
attract money and voters from all demographics of both parties.

Democratic tsunami coming up.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)
2. Get it girl, good for her.. no need to go to a tank battle on a horse. Also, the non privileged has
Tue May 10, 2016, 12:57 AM
May 2016

... different boogymen than wall street

KPN

(15,650 posts)
3. I'm sure many Hillsies will cheer this.
Tue May 10, 2016, 01:21 AM
May 2016

Income inequality, legalized fraud, a rigged economic playing field, corporate governance don't really concern them apparently, and/or they buy into Citizens' United or the notion that accepting money from interest groups doesn't mean quid pro quo.

Why not?

KPN

(15,650 posts)
6. Good point!
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:06 AM
May 2016

I agree. It's the only rationale I've been able to come up with for much of her support (oh, there's the single issue and low information folks too, but ...).

BTW. I really like your comment in another thread (the one about Hillsies calling projections threats where you laid out the young voter numbers very effectively) earlier this morning and tried to respond -- but was locked out for having had a post hidden. Just wanted to pass that along.

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