Corporate elite fear candidate Edwards

[Spider]

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed3/idUSN1128828020080111?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
Open attacks on the business elite are seldom heard from mainstream White House candidates in America, despite skyrocketing CEO pay, rising income inequality, and a torrent of scandals in corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street.

But this year Edwards is not alone. Republican candidate Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, sometimes also rails against corporate power and influence, tapping a populist current that lies just below the surface of U.S. politics.

One business lobbyist, who asked not to be named, said Edwards "has gone to this angry populist, anti-business rhetoric that borders on class warfare ... He focuses dislike of special interests, which is out there, on business."

Another lobbyist said an Edwards presidency would be "a disaster" for his well-heeled industrialist clients.

After this week's New Hampshire primaries, where he placed a distant third behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, Edwards might not seem so scary. He ran second in the Iowa Democratic caucuses last week, trailing Obama and just ahead of Clinton.

Edwards suffered a blow on Thursday when Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry snubbed him and endorsed Obama. Edwards was Kerry's vice-presidential running mate in Kerry's failed Democratic bid for the White House in 2004.

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Asked which candidate their clients most support, corporate lobbyists were unsure. Clinton has cautious backing within the corporate jet set, as do Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and former Republican Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, they said.

These candidates represent stability to executives who have much to lose if November's election brings about the sweeping change some candidates are promising. Continued...on the site

[Spider]

Perhaps Edwards is the best choice

[yavoon]

unfortunately I can't see spider's posts, but the title was amusing. I see the commie has those evil capitalists on the run!

[Spider]

that seals it , when an Idiot like Yavbitch doesnt like him , then you know Edwards has to be the one

[Spider]

Huckabee and Edwards ........ rather see Edwards , but at least Huckabee wont be as bad as Bush

[Spider]

Part 2 ......... Obama and Huckabee register largely as unknown quantities among business owners, both large and small, say lobbyists.

"My sense is that Obama would govern as a reasonably pragmatic Democrat ... I think Hillary is approachable. She knows where a lot of her funding has come from, to be blunt," said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Stanford Group Co., a market and policy analysis group.

But Edwards, Valliere said, is seen as "an anti-business populist" and "a trade protectionist who is quite unabashed about raising taxes."

"I think his regulatory policies, as well as his tax policies, would be viewed as a threat to business," he said.

"The next scariest for business would be Huckabee because of his rhetoric and because he's an unknown."

(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh; editing by John Wallace)

[orangenblue2]

Quite an article. I think that it says alot about Edwards. Spider, I think you're coming around...

[orangenblue2]

Not that polls can be trusted, but check this out: http:///www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics/2008/01/new-poll-democratic-race-in-nevada-dead.html

[Bronco Bob]

What is Edwards position on Social Security. This will tell me his true
position on the corporate elite

[Arkie]

Do you think professional football players are paid too much?

[orangenblue2]

What is Edwards position on Social Security. This will tell me his true
position on the corporate elite

Basically, he opposes any effort to privatize it. For more you can try this link: http:///www.johnedwards.com/issues/seniors/

[orangenblue2]

Do you think professional football players are paid too much?

Is that directed at me?

[Bronco Bob]

Basically, he opposes any effort to privatize it. For more you can try this link: http:///www.johnedwards.com/issues/seniors/

Well, all the Dems are in agreement on that. The main difference then seems
to boil down to Edwards wants to raise the taxes on people who make
more than $200,000 a year. Obama wants to raise taxes on everyone over
$97,000 a year. And Hillary doesn't think we need to raise taxes on anyone.

[orangenblue2]

Well, all the Dems are in agreement on that. The main difference then seems
to boil down to Edwards wants to raise the taxes on people who make
more than $200,000 a year. Obama wants to raise taxes on everyone over
$97,000 a year. And Hillary doesn't think we need to raise taxes on anyone.

Correct...

[Arkie]

Is that directed at me?

if you think CEO pay is too high

[cutthemdown]

They don't fear him because they know he won't win.

[Bronco Bob]

They don't fear him because they know he won't win.

Right now it seems like Edwards is running for Obama's vice president.

[SoCalBronco]

Do you think professional football players are paid too much?

No

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

that seals it , when an Idiot like Yavb**** doesnt like him , then you know Edwards has to be the one

:yep:

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed3/idUSN1128828020080111?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
Open attacks on the business elite are seldom heard from mainstream White House candidates in America, despite skyrocketing CEO pay, rising income inequality, and a torrent of scandals in corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street.


And when you call them on it, they accuse you of engaging in "class warfare."

[Spider]

And when you call them on it, they accuse you of engaging in "class warfare."

;D thats ok ...... I just remind them about the last time they thought they was right when they voted for Bush and look where we are now ....... 9 out of 10 times here on the street they shut their pie holes . the 10 th one normally needs a left hook to get motovated into the left way of thinking ^5