Laying Bets: W Will Win

Seth Ackerman SAckerman at FAIR.org
Tue Aug 15 10:17:34 PDT 2000


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Nathan Newman wrote:
>
> >Doug and Max a week ago predicted that Gore will win the election.
>
> Not exactly. I said the official LBO model is likely to predict a
> Gore victory. But I'm not convinced. I'm trying to figure out the
> consensus of the ruling class, which seems tilting towards W.
>

Yet Goldman Sachs analysts have apparently ripped W's tax plan -- it'll drive up interest rates, they say. And Gretchen Morgenson's column last Sunday said Wall Street isn't too hot on Bush.

Seth



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