"Wall Streeters are Ready for Hillary ... How many ways can they give?"
by Gaius Publius
This small piece at The Nation tells a very large tale — actually several. Let's start with their infographic (click to make big):
And now from their comments:
Hillary Clinton is leaving nothing to chance, and neither is Goldman Sachs.
Since her first Senate campaign in 1999, the firm has been bankrolling
Clinton to the tune of millions. ... Citigroup ranks No. 1 in lifetime donations to Clinton; Morgan Stanley is No. 6 and employs Clinton confidant Tom Nides.
Wall Streeters are ready for Hillary. ...
So what are the tales this tells?
- Clinton is openly called out as a Wall Street Candidate. This has been strongly implied elsewhere. Now it's said in a big-name left-wing venue, in a way she may not be able to ignore. (I think she's a Carbon Candidate as well, but more on that later.)
- The Clinton Global Initiative foundation is also called out — as in effect a campaign slush fund, along with whatever else it is. This has also been strongly implied elsewhere — now it's "out there," said. (Next we need a call for CGI to make all of its contributions public.)
- It sure look to me like The Nation has come out against her nomination (see also here). The rest of this issue hosts a variety of opinions (one example here), but still, they could have stayed mainly silent. More than anything, this infographic feature seems telling; the editors are concerned.
Remember: No real progressive save Sanders will enter the race until Hillary Clinton is out of it, or until she is painted accurately enough — put on the record enough — to be vulnerable. Thanks, pages of The Nation. No more corporate Democratic presidents, please; sixteen years is enough.
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