The Wall Street Primary

Posted by John Carney, Feb 05, 2008, 8:52am

Wall Street may not have its own primary but then again voting is not necessarily the best indicator of support and enthusiasm for a candidate. After all, the apathetic and uninformed get equal votes with the committed and knowledgeable. The best primary for Wall Street probably wouldn't be a voting primary at all. It would be a money primary, where Wall Streeters would vote with something much more valued than votes--cash--and candidates would report quarterly results. Not surprisingly, that's very close to what we have.

So who is winning the Wall Street money primary? Hillary Clinton took garnered the most dollars in the fourth quarter, taking $388,391 from employees of the top 10 underwriters of U.S. stock offerings. Mitt Romney came in a distant second, with just $293,750 from that group. Democrat Barack Obama trailed close on his heels with with $251,860.

Clinton Tops Romney, Obama in Fourth-Quarter Wall Street Cash [Bloomberg]

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Posted by Random Banker, Feb 05, 2008 9:13AM

Carney:

Here's great post idea. Bring back better know a trader for Cooper Manning, the aforementioned Manning brother not in the NFL. Yesterday he was said to be a commodities trader, though USA today reports him to be an "Oil & Gas Stock trader". I assume they just got confused someone told them he was a "stock broker" then Cooper told them he traded Oil&Gas and USA Today's headed exploded, so you get "Oil & Gas stock trader". Anyway, everyone always wants to interview his brothers, I'm sure he'd be happy to be interviewed himself for a change. Personally I'd rather be an Oil trader than an NFL Quarterback anyway.... or at east that's what I tell myself to justify my life choices.

Posted by Anal_yst, Feb 05, 2008 9:16AM

Does your Career Center have jobs overseas, cus if that spineless chamelon Hillary wins, I'm 100% leaving the country before she redistributes all of my income to uneducated/unemployed/lazy/unambitious/etc schmucks who didn't do dick to deserve it.

Posted by Random Banker, Feb 05, 2008 9:20AM

Anal_yst:

That's how the salaries are already being distributed, how do you think you got on the payroll?

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 9:26AM

Anal_yst: I would have expected better from you. You can have a beef with Hil, but come on, your senseless rant is right out of Sean Hannity. It reduces the argument to a level that appeals to an unemployed factory worker - and makes him want to vote against her, when in fact its in his best interest to do the opposite. Which is just what Sean et al want....

Posted by Bugs Meany, Feb 05, 2008 9:28AM

This is news...how?

Posted by just me, Feb 05, 2008 9:39AM

@anal_yst -- technically, those folks you mention do the most dick as they have the most time off.

Posted by Huge fan of Ron Paul, Feb 05, 2008 9:51AM

@Anal_yst - Vote for Ron Paul with me and we can save the country.

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 9:59AM

Ron Paul loves freedom and dicks. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for dick. As President, Ron Paul would do more dick than you can even imagine.

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 10:01AM

can someone explain this ron paul thing? what's the appeal?

Posted by rahodeb, Feb 05, 2008 10:03AM

if you ask me, the ron paul thing is just getting old.

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 10:07AM

@10:01
one day you will see the light,
Ron Paul's gonna make it all alright!

Posted by Affangul', Feb 05, 2008 10:15AM

Figures that the Hitlery supporter would be anonymous. Wall Streeters want to you vote for a hippie marxist so that they can pretend to be all "down with the brown" while they load on the tax-deferred compensation and all the perqs of wealth and status for themselves, while keeping the ghetto appeased with welfare and dick. It's an age-old game. Wall Street for me, Marxism for thee.

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 10:17AM

@9:59 - Dr. Ron Paul was a gynecologist and has therefore seen more puss*e than you ever will.

Posted by Anal_yst, Feb 05, 2008 10:23AM

Look I don't particularly like any political pandering on anyone's behalf, I just particularly don't like Hillary's pronounced belief in whatever makes her popular at the time with whatever group she is currently seeking acceptance.

Also, touche to 'just me'.

Posted by importance level, Feb 05, 2008 10:25AM

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Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 10:32AM

"while keeping the ghetto appeased with welfare and dick"

best comment of the week

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 10:35AM

This is just stupid. Wall Street doesn't give money to the candidates they support, they bet on winners. Clinton brings in the most donations because she's a New York Senator. You attend her fundraisers if you're in with the in crowd in New York.

Posted by Calgary Schmooze, Feb 05, 2008 12:07PM

@Anal - Dude, I can probably get you a job welding on one of the major oilsands projects. The upside is that you should be able to listen to as much classic metal as you desire while working with your new friends in the Hell's Angels.

Posted by The Observer, Feb 05, 2008 12:11PM

I don't think I've ever seen "ghetto" neighborhoods destroy $40 billion in capital like Wall Street has recently.

I wonder which group would handle money better...and why?

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 12:27PM

@12:11 depends the value you put on a human life? the homicide rate is through the roof in the ghetto, and negligible on wall street although the number of verbal threats is probably similar

Posted by Anal_yst, Feb 05, 2008 1:30PM

@ Calgary

Dude hook it up with Syncrude, last I checked it looked like they needed a bit of help up there anyway...

Posted by Calgary Schmooze, Feb 05, 2008 3:08PM

@Anal - they are all gongshows up there. Take your pick - SU, DVN, ECA, NXY, COP, TOT, RDS, PCZ. You can have your F-350 in any color, as long as it is Fleet White. You want a dually backend with an extended box? Of course you do.

But right now I am interested in knowing who from London and/or NY might be working on behalf of TAQA...

Posted by , Feb 05, 2008 3:15PM

Anal @10:23 Everyone panders - bar none. The trick is to decide what someone really stands for, cause after election day the pandering declines significantly. Jeez, is that so difficult?

Posted by Disinterested Observer, Feb 05, 2008 10:22PM

Identity note - I am not the same person as The Observer @ 12:11 pm.

btw, Ron Paul's not leaving a very heavy footprint tonight.

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