December 31, 2011

Wall Street's Bad Romance With Mitt Romney

Ben Adler, The Nation

Send to a Friend

Throughout the 2012 election cycle Republican candidate Mitt Romney has made ham-handed efforts at playing a populist. His standard applause line on the stump is an appeal to nationalism, that he will “never apologize for America.” He criticizes President Obama for “taking advice from the Harvard faculty lounge,” even though Romney himself holds law and business degrees from Harvard and counts Harvard professors among his economic and foreign policy advisers.

Huntsman is skipping Iowa to campaign in New Hampshire because he appeals to moderate Republicans. But is he even really a moderate? 

Civil libertarians and non-interventionists on both the right and left are praising Paul, but they should know his views are wrong on more than...

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Ben Adler

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

May 5, 2012
Mitt Romney's Pragmatism v. Obama's Extremism
Peter Ferrara, Forbes
May 10, 2012
Mitt Romney's Job Creation 'New Normal'
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
May 11, 2012
J.P. Morgan's Losses Reveal Market Chaos
David Weidner, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — And then there were none. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM -7.50% , the last bank on Wall Street with any semblance of industry dignity for how it managed and comported itself in the financial crisis, on... more »
May 15, 2012
Obama's Love & Hate Wall Street Romance
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
May 11, 2012
This Debacle Should Strike Fear in the Heart
Robert Lenzner, Forbes
If the best of breed can lose $2 billion on a single trade, then it raises the specter that the too big to fail banks did not learn their lesson from the 2008 meltdown. And it should strike fear in the heart and soul of every... more »