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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 09:35 PM
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And yet another Chicago endorsement...
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John Canning Jr, prominent Chicago area businessman...and another Republican

Chairman of Madison Dearborn

A.B., Denison University; J.D., Duke University. Prior to co-founding MDP, Mr. Canning spent 24 years with First Chicago Corporation, most recently as Executive Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago and President of First Chicago Venture Capital. Mr. Canning has more than 25 years of experience in private equity investing and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of The Economic Club of Chicago, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, TransUnion Corp., and Children’s Inner City Educational Fund; on the Boards of Trustees of the Big Shoulders Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, The Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, and Northwestern University. Mr. Canning is also a Commissioner of the Irish Pension Reserve Fund and a Director and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

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  -And yet another Chicago endorsement... SaveElmer  Jul-18-07 09:35 PM   #0 
  - Republicans want Hillary to win the nomination because they believe it is their only hope to win the  mod mom   Jul-18-07 09:41 PM   #1 
  - You hit the nail on the head  Indy_Dem_Defender   Jul-18-07 11:14 PM   #23 
  - So how does it affect your reaction to know...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:24 PM   #32 
     - Nope not at all  Indy_Dem_Defender   Jul-19-07 12:27 AM   #36 
  - I didn't say the guy was endorsing Hillary...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:22 PM   #31 
  - Bank Dude Supports Mrs. Clinton  MannyGoldstein   Jul-18-07 09:41 PM   #2 
  - WHat's the problem with a "bank dude" supporting Hillary?  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 09:56 PM   #3 
     - bank dudes often have different interests than ordinary people  Enrique   Jul-18-07 09:59 PM   #4 
        - Banks employ alot of ordinary people don't they?..nt  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 10:01 PM   #5 
        - So Do Sweat Shops And Tobbaco Companies  MannyGoldstein   Jul-18-07 10:02 PM   #6 
        - their interests are different than those of ordinary people, aren't they?  Enrique   Jul-18-07 10:05 PM   #7 
           - Well the point of any business...large or small...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 10:08 PM   #10 
        - I agree. Obama and HRC are obscenely popular among the corporatacry  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:01 PM   #13 
  - Cute  maximusveritas   Jul-18-07 10:06 PM   #8 
  - So he likes HRC because he views her as a unifying figure who can go beyond "old politics"...  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:02 PM   #14 
     - He likes her because she "understands the important role that financial markets play...  maximusveritas   Jul-18-07 11:08 PM   #18 
        - Really? So why is he beating DLC leader HRC and Republicans on Wall Street?  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:11 PM   #21 
           - Perhaps because not everyone on Wall Street is like Mr Duffy  maximusveritas   Jul-18-07 11:15 PM   #24 
              - They don't want to promote the interests of Wall Street?  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:20 PM   #28 
                 - You're not thinking about them as people  maximusveritas   Jul-18-07 11:24 PM   #33 
                    - So suddenly Wall Street support is great because they love Obama?  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-19-07 01:06 AM   #42 
  - Gee...why would a Repug want Senator Clinton as the nominee?  zulchzulu   Jul-18-07 10:07 PM   #9 
  - Ask Colin Powell  wyldwolf   Jul-18-07 10:09 PM   #11 
  - You forgot to mention NewsCorp/Faux executives gave Obama $14,000 nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-19-07 01:07 AM   #43 
  - Oops...forgot to mention Canning is endorsing Obama...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 10:11 PM   #12 
  - LMAO!  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:04 PM   #15 
  - hehe. You are a slippery one arent you SE....  bunnies   Jul-18-07 11:06 PM   #16 
  - Thanks...just a little experiment...nt  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:08 PM   #17 
     - Why haven't you addressed my point about the difference b/t the two?  maximusveritas   Jul-18-07 11:10 PM   #20 
        - Look at the reactions...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:18 PM   #26 
  - Good one!  jefferson_dem   Jul-18-07 11:09 PM   #19 
  - Oh, NO! Obama supporters applying "double standards"?  Tellurian   Jul-19-07 10:50 AM   #53 
  - Do you really think these types of endorsements sway voters?  TeamJordan23   Jul-18-07 11:13 PM   #22 
  - Read the thread nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:21 PM   #29 
     - What part? Do you really think endorsements of people like this (for any candidate) help sway voter?  TeamJordan23   Jul-18-07 11:26 PM   #34 
        - The point wasn't to promote the endorsement...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:28 PM   #35 
        - The point wasn't the endorsement...read the thread nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-19-07 01:08 AM   #44 
  - And Obama has NY endorsements. what is your point.  illinoisprogressive   Jul-18-07 11:18 PM   #25 
  - Look up a few posts...  SaveElmer   Jul-18-07 11:20 PM   #27 
  - Read the thread. The point is clear nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-18-07 11:22 PM   #30 
  - Hill and her republicans...like Murdoch. ect. Oprah is a dem, very influential dem....  illinoisprogressive   Jul-19-07 12:37 AM   #37 
  - I see you've given up all pretense...  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 12:43 AM   #38 
  - Didn't Oprah support *? Murdoch's pals gave Obama $14,000  draft_mario_cuomo   Jul-19-07 01:09 AM   #45 
  - Do Endorsements matter to people?  rufus dog   Jul-19-07 12:46 AM   #39 
  - Yet another  Jed Dilligan   Jul-19-07 12:50 AM   #40 
  - Another what?  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 01:05 AM   #41 
     - Another pig corporate businessman  Jed Dilligan   Jul-19-07 08:19 AM   #48 
  - She is a win-win for Republik "businessmen", no surprise here. n/t  greyhound1966   Jul-19-07 01:14 AM   #46 
  - Post #12...nt  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 01:19 AM   #47 
  - Another unifying thread brought to you by TeamBrowbeat.  Forkboy   Jul-19-07 08:45 AM   #49 
     - And we know "progressives"  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 10:22 AM   #50 
        - The purity charge is for simpletons.  Forkboy   Jul-19-07 10:32 AM   #51 
           - Funny...  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 10:47 AM   #52 
              - I'm capable of going deeper than "purists" and "corporate whore".  Forkboy   Jul-19-07 12:06 PM   #54 
                 - Not apparent by your initial response...nt  SaveElmer   Jul-19-07 12:09 PM   #55 
                    - Oh well.  Forkboy   Jul-19-07 12:17 PM   #56 
 

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