Barry Diller (InterActive) and W. Spector (Bear Stearns) dig Edwards.

[AP]

Since Kerry named Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) as his running mate, the largest, best-financed business groups have assailed the choice as an affront to efforts to rein in the cost of litigation. But a succession of executives organized yesterday welcomed Edwards as a moderate, fiscal conservative who will bolster business support for the Democrats. Media mogul Barry Diller, a longtime Democratic donor who heads InterActive Corp., said a "mythology" would develop about a Kerry-Edwards anti-business bias if it were not combated immediately. (Diller is a member of The Washington Post Co. board.)

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"We view this as a responsible ticket that will run a responsible administration," said Warren Spector, president of Bear, Stearns & Co., a large Wall Street investment firm.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37586-2004Jul8.html