9/19/08

Cha...Cha...Cha...Changes...Is it a staff or a college of lobbyist


CHANGING from Toss UP to a LEANER STATE?

Late last night Insider/Advantage Poll conducted by Towery & Shusterman who are independent pollsters for decades released a poll that stated Obama was leading McCain in Colorado by TEN POINTS, 51% to 41%! What is most interesting is that in its internals eeirily match similar voter contact results here in the upper west side of Colorado Springs. If more polls validate this than Colorado moves to the Obama leaner state.

Internals of the InAdv/Polls

By Age
  • 18 to 29 yr-olds Obama 51% McCain 40%.........(9% undecided)
  • 30 to 44 yr-olds Obama 51% McCain 39%.........(10% undecided)
  • 45 to 64 yr-olds Obama 54% McCain 39%.........(7% undecided)
  • Plus 65 yr-olds Obama 34% McCain 58%..........(8% undecided)
By Race/Ethnicity
  • Caucasian Obama 44% McCain 46%...........(10% undecided)
  • African-American Obama 70% McCain 26%...........(4% undecided)
  • Hispanic Obama 79% McCain 19%...........(2% undecided)
By Sex
  • Males Obama 50% McCain 42%............(8% undecided)
  • Females Obama 52% McCain 39%............(9% undecided)
By Party Affiliation
  • Democratic Obama 85% McCain 11%..............(4% undecided)
  • Republican Obama 14% McCain 80%.............(6% undecided)
  • Independents Obama 41% MCain 42% ............(17% undecided)
In the Springs we have found that Independents are declaring support for Obama at a rate of 42%, while McCain is at 22% with 20% undecided and those refusing to talk to us at 10% which appears to be undeclared McCain supporters. While Democratic voters are declaring themselves as Obama supporters at 84% and McCain support at 0.025%.


A STAFF or a "COLLEGE OF LOBBYISTS"

Recently John McCain has railed the excesses of Wall Street, this after bragging he was "the deregulator". Inn Tampa last Tuesday, he decryed that ONLY HE and Alaska Gov Palin, if elected, "are going to put an end to the reckless conduct, corruption, and unbridled greed that have caused a crisis on Wall Street......has been put at risk by the greed and mismanagement of Wall Street."

He then blasted CEOs who "seem to escape the consequences." He continued to denounce Wall Streeters who "dreamed up investment schemes that they themselves don't even understand" using "derivatives, credit default swaps, and mortgage-backed securities" to try "to make their own rules." He excoriated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for gaming the system. And he slammed financial industry lobbyists for misguiding members of Congress. "I can promise you the days of dealing and special favors will soon be over in Washington." On Wednesday morning, after the federal government committed $85 billion to prevent the collapse of the American International Group (AIG) insurance conglomerate, McCain again assailed irresponsible corporate executives. "We need to change the way Washington and Wall Street does business," he proclaimed.
Okay John, nice story telling: Let be real, the Democratic National Committee, using publicly available records, has identified 177 lobbyists working for the McCain campaign as either aides, policy advisers, or fundraisers. Of those 177 lobbyists, according to a Mother Jones review of Senate and House records, at least 83 have in recent years lobbied for the financial industry McCain now attacks. I thought I would provide you a list of them for your review, sometimes the weight of utter mendacity simply says it all. Oh by the way 13 are from Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, 8 from Merrill Lynch, 7 from AIG, and a Lehman guy.
  1. Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York Life, MassMutual, VISA
  2. Rebecca Anderson: Aegon, American Council of Life Insurers, Cigna, Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC
  3. Stanton Anderson: The Debt Exchange
  4. David Beightol: Allstate, Amerigroup, Charles Schwab, HSBC
  5. Rhonda Bentz: VISA
  6. Wayne Berman: American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, Americhoice, Shinsei Bank, Blackstone, Carlyle Group, Broidy Capital Management, Credit Suisse Securities, Highstar Capital, VISA, Ameriquest Mortgage, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Fitch Ratings
  7. Charlie Black: JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, National Association of Mortgage Brokers
  8. Judy Black: Colorado Credit Union League, Genworth Financial, Bay Harbour Management, Merrill Lynch
  9. Kirk Blalock: Credit Union National Association, Financial Executives International, American Insurance Association, Mutual of Omaha, Zurich Financial Service Group, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
  10. Carlos Bonilla: Financial Services Roundtable, Freddie Mac
  11. Christine Burgeson: Citigroup
  12. Mark Buse: Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
  13. Nicholas Calio: Citigroup, Managed Fund Association, Fannie Mae, Merrill Lynch, The Investment Company Institute, TIAA-CRE, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
  14. Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Amscot Financial Corporation, Community Financial Services Association, Fidelity National Financial
  15. Andrew Cantor: American Insurance Association, Merrill Lynch
  16. Alberto Cardenas: Fannie Mae
  17. James Courter: Goldman Sachs, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Investment Company Institute, Merrill Lynch
  18. David Crane: Financial Services Roundtable, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Association of Corporate Credit Unions, Freddie Mac
  19. Dan Crippen: Merrill Lynch, National Multi-Housing Council
  20. Arthur Culvahouse: Fannie Mae
  21. Bryan Cunningham: Arch Capital Group
  22. Alfonse D'Amato: AIG, Freddie Mac
  23. Doug Davenport: Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Goldman Sachs, VISA
  24. Ashley Davis: Prudential Financial, American Financial Group, American Premier Underwriters, Great American Insurance Company
  25. Mimi Dawson: MassMutual
  26. Melissa Edwards: Freddie Mac, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Access to Capital Coalition
  27. Chris Fidler: American Bankers Association, Milcom Venture Partners, National Association Real Estate Investment Trusts
  28. Samuel Geduldig: American Bankers Association, American Institute of CPAs, America Gains, Berkshire Hathaway, Consumer Bankers Association, Ernst & Young, Financial Services Roundtable, Investment Company Institute, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Prudential Financial, Sovereign Investment Council, Fidelity Investments, FMR Corp.
  29. Benjamin Ginsberg: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, AIG Technical Services
  30. David Girard-Dicarlo: American Financial Group, American Premier Underwriters
  31. Juleanna Glover Weiss: RJI Capital, American Institute of CPAs, BNP Paribas, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  32. Slade Gorton: Allstate Insurance, Hannan Armstrong Capital
  33. Phil Gramm: UBS Americas
  34. John Green: Laredo National Bank, Alternative Investment Management Association, AIG, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Fannie Mae, Icahn Associates, FMR Corp., AFLAC, VISA
  35. Kristen Gullott: San Diego Credit Union
  36. Kent Hance: Stanford Financial Group, Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc.
  37. Vicki Hart: American Financial Services Association, Citigroup, Investment Company Institute, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, New York Stock Exchange, VISA, Carlyle Group, Credit Suisse, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, Goldman Sachs, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Stanford Group, Lloyd's of London, National City Corp.
  38. Richard Hohlt: Capmark Financial Group, Fannie Mae, JP Morgan Chase and Co., Student Loan Marketing Association, Washington Mutual, Guaranty Bank & Trust, Peachtree Settlement Funding, Dime Savings Bank of New York
  39. Gaylord Hughey: Heartland Security Insurance Group
  40. Kate Hull: Credit Union National Association, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Zurich Financial Services, American Insurance Association, Financial Executives International
  41. James Hyland: American Insurance Association, Seattle Home Loan Bank, Self Help Credit Union, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Merrill Lynch, Mortgage Investors Corp., Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, Freddie Mac, New York Stock Exchange, Citigroup, VISA
  42. Aleix Jarvis: Credit Union National Association, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Financial Executives International, Mutual of Omaha, American Insurance Association, Zurich Financial Services
  43. Frank Keating: American Council of Life Insurers
  44. Steven Kuykendall: California Bankers Association
  45. William Lesher: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commerce Ventures, Rabobank International
  46. Thomas Loeffler: Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Investment Company Institute, World Savings and Loan Association, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
  47. Kelly Lugar: RJI Capital Strategies
  48. Peter Madigan: Arthur Andersen, Bank of New York, Broadridge Securities Processing, Charles Schwab, Deloitte and Touche, Goldman Sachs, International Employee Stock Option Coalition, Mastercard, NYSE, Fannie Mae, Merrill Lynch, PNC Bank
  49. Mary Mann: MassMutual
  50. Paul Martino: Morgan Stanley, Baker Tilly
  51. Jana McKeag: Venture Catalyst
  52. Alison McSlarrow: Fannie Mae, Hartford
  53. Mike Meece: Georgetown Partners
  54. David Metzner: Ernst & Young, Harbinger Capital Investments, Prudential, Public Financial Management, Western Union
  55. Susan Molinari: Freddie Mac, American Land Title Association, Association of Consumer Credit Unions, Beacon Capital Partners, College Loan Corp, Coventry First, E-Trade, Financial Services Roundtable, Rent-A-Center
  56. John Moran: Cerberus Capital Management, American Council of Life Insurers, Accenture
  57. John Napier: Freddie Mac
  58. Susan Nelson: AIG, San Antonio Credit Union
  59. Paul Otellini: Ernst & Young, Financial Services Forum
  60. Steve Perry: Charles Schwab, Hoover Partners, HSBC, National Stock Exchange
  61. Nancy Pfotenhauer: American Land Title Association, Mortgage Bankers Association
  62. Elise Pickering-Finley: Credit Suisse, DE Shaw, Hartford Financial Services, Research In Motion, Retail Industry Lenders Association, URL Mutual
  63. James Pitts: Advanced Association for Life Underwriting, AETNA, American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Debt Advisory International, Financial Services Coordinating Council, GE Financial Assurance, Hartford Life, Jefferson Pilot Financial, Kenwood Investments, MassMutual, Mutual of Omaha, New York Life, UNUM Provident, VISA, PMI Group
  64. Tim Powers: AP Capital, Genworth Financial, Retail Industry Lenders Association, E-LOAN, General Electric Mortgage Insurance
  65. Walter Price: Wachovia
  66. Sloan Rappoport: Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. (FBR), Trafelet Delta Funds
  67. Hans Rickhoff: Capital One, Investment Company Institute, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
  68. Kathleen Shanahan: New York Stock Exchange
  69. Andrew Shore: Accenture, Retail Industry Lenders Association, Barclays, Bond Market Association, Credit Suisse, TPG Capital
  70. Katie Stahl: Alliance for Investment Transparency, Ares Management, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Uhlmann Financial Group
  71. Milly Stanges: TIAA-CREF
  72. Aquiles Suarez: Fannie Mae
  73. Don Sundquist: Freddie Mac, The Hartford
  74. Peter Terpeluk: JP Morgan Chase, Ernst & Young, Prudential
  75. Fred Thompson: Equitas
  76. Jeri Thompson: American Insurance Association
  77. John Timmons: National Association of Federal Credit Unions
  78. William Timmons Sr.: American Council of Life Insurers, Citigroup, Dun & Bradstreet, Freddie Mac, Vanguard Group
  79. Vin Weber: Agstar Financial Services, AKT Investment Corp., American Institute of CPAs, Ernst & Young, Freddie Mac, Louis Dreyfus Corp, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  80. Jeffery Weiss: JP Morgan
  81. Tony Williams: Russell Investment Group, American Life Inc., Northwestern Mutual
  82. David Corn, Jonathan Stein, and Nick Baumann


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