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- 25 May 08
- 1:36 pm
Corporate honchos don't need to worry. The people who will hold the top economics jobs in the Obama administration will change the ground rules and prevent combined shareholder actions. That is unless everyone with influence on his campaign gets them to see that he needs advisors with a different type of background to know what's best to revitalize the economy. See who he's got now (complete list of the Obama campaign's economics and domestic policy advisors from an article last week in the Chicago Tribune): http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/chi-obama_m mon_nusep17,0,3844054.story?page=3 Michael Froman - Citigroup bank exec., pro-free trade & �business-friendly�, former Pres. Clinton advisor …

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- 22 May 08
- 8:32 pm
Yes, there is a populist uprising, and many of Obama's followers seem to be part of it. I'm amazed, though, that Sirota included Obama himself. Since when is he "NAFTA -bashing"? He had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to even mumble something about renegotiating the trade agreements. Remember his unfortunate remark about Pennsylvanian blue-collar voters? He seems temperamentally incapable of recognizing the validity of a populist upsurge even when it hits him in the head. What I found most eye-opening is the list of Obama's economics and domestic advisors that was published in the Chicago Tribune, Monday: http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/chi-obama_mon_nusep17,0,3844054.story?page=3 Michael Froman …

Posted to Toward A New Washington Consensus