Obama, GOP hopefuls all cozy with banks: Joel Kotkin
(NEWSER) - Wall Street doesn’t have much to worry about in 2012: President Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney all have the big banks’ backs. Obama “may call them ‘fat cat’ bankers, but he's been something of a kitten when dealing with financiers: There have been fewer prosecutions during his term than in the previous 25 years, notes Joel Kotkin at Politico . Indeed, Obama has received more Wall Street donations “than all the GOP candidates combined,” and he’s gotten more from Bain Capital—which Romney co-founded—than anyone else. More»
