Posted on 02/14/2008 2:39:42 PM PST by oblomov
On Sunday, after he learned he'd won that day's Democratic presidential primary in Maine but before his appearance on CBS's "60 Minutes," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) sat down at the keyboard of his computer to write an e-mail. Not to a media consultant or a delegate counter, but to banker Robert Wolf, chief executive of UBS (UBS, news, msgs) Group for the Americas.
The two men exchanged notes about the Senate-passed economic stimulus package and that weekend's G-7 economic summit, Wolf says.
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Obama has also been in touch with former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who endorsed the freshman senator in January.
"When I sat down with him, I found him to be unbelievably refreshing and smart and thoughtful," says Wolf, who first met Obama at the offices of financier George Soros. The UBS chief has gone on to raise more than $1 million for the Obama campaign.
The rest of corporate America may not be persuaded as easily.
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Plus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gives him the lowest rating of any of the three major contenders for the presidency, behind Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). But Obama's sweep of the "Potomac Primary" in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia makes him a very real contender for the Democratic nomination.
So what would an Obama presidency look like for business?
"It would be a pragmatic, center-left administration," says Democratic political strategist Steve McMahon, who is unaligned with a presidential candidate this year. "He's been pretty clear that business would have a seat at the table, but business wouldn't be able to buy all the chairs."
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Is Obama bad for business? He’s bad for America!
Nailed it!
Time to pull accounts from UBS, folks.
Pass the word.
Is Osama Obama against Free Enterprise? Does a bear s—t in the woods?
....remember to shelter you IRA’s
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