> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Henwood
> Sent: 08:38 am
> To: lbo-talk
> Subject: [lbo-talk] peas in a pod
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> [via Mike Allen]
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> REPUBLICANS ARE JAZZED ABOUT the news from USA Today's A4 that both
> Democratic presidential candidates 'rely on close advisers who had
> oversight roles at financial institutions that went bust because of
> subprime loans. Clinton's campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned
> at least $175,000 serving from 2000-07 on the board of Long Island-
> based Delta Financial, which filed for bankruptcy last year after a
> history of high-cost loans to low-income borrowers, according to
> public records. Obama's national finance chairwoman, Penny Pritzker,
> was chairwoman of the board of a Chicago-area bank in 1993 when it
> adopted a subprime business strategy that regulators say ultimately
> led it to collapse in 2001.'
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