What do Hillary and Hedge Funds have in common? LINK (Hint $$$$)

[Blackhatjack]

Hedge funds and private equity firms have ramped up their political giving AND the biggest recipient of Wall Street giving is Hillary. Evidently Hedge Funds make the $$$ and Hillary gets the largest share of it (compared to all the other Candidates running for President).

I just wonder... will Hillary get the 'Hedge Fund treatment?'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/ts_nm/campaign_finance_corporate_dc_3;_ylt=AmNV3BHHaGNRYNF_5xdFMxoE1vAI

"Wall Street's favorite presidential candidate, based on the latest FEC disclosures from October 29, was Democratic New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Close behind her in donations from financiers were Republican former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama."

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"The biggest donors in the securities and investment sector, as of October 29, were the brokerage firms Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse.

Also among the sector's top contributors were hedge funds and private equity firms Bain Capital, SAC Capital Advisers, Fortress Investment Group and Blackstone Group.

"There's no question that hedge funds and private equity firms have ramped up their political giving in the last couple of years as Congress looks seriously at raising their taxes," said Massie Ritsch, spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics."

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1. Very Smart Stakes in Pork Bellies? (n/t)

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2. THis one deserved its own OP ..... n/t

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3. Another thread with more comments on this burning issue ... LINK

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2359786