Seems like lilMike's not the only one trying to tie Obama to Wall Street.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53380.htmlMichele Bachmann’s much-anticipated Tax Day rally on Monday was a "dud" that drew a paltry 300 people in Columbia, S.C., according to reports.
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Bachmann met privately with South Carolina GOP Gov. Nikki Haley ahead of her speech to the small crowd in the Palmetto state’s capital.
The Minnesota congressman rallied the tea party supporters with a call to block Washington from raising the debt ceiling and an attack on President Barack Obama for being too close to Wall Street.
She told reporters after the rally that while she has yet to make an announcement on a run for president, she is looking forward to the opportunity to take on Obama, The Associated Press reported.
The rally's sparse attendance is attracing nearly as much attention as Bachmann's remarks.
Will Folks, a widely read blogger in South Carolina political circles, termed the rally a “dud” in a post Monday afternoon.
“Politicians, political operatives and members of the media came close to outnumbering attendees at a much-hyped Columbia, S.C., tea party rally starring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday,” Folks wrote.
“Only 300 people (including a horde of Palmetto political operatives) attended the event in downtown Columbia, S.C. — which is a generous estimate in our book. That attendance figure — confirmed by other media outlets — amounts to less than one-tenth the size of multiple crowds that have gathered at the S.C. State House in recent years in support of parental choice.”
Wait. Obama loves Wall Street?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46839.htmlYet the executive dislikes Obama with, what seems like, an almost irrational passion. And he is not alone.
Along the gilded corridors of Manhattan's largest banks, hedge funds and private equity firms and inside Washington's financial lobby shops, Obama and the rest of his administration are regarded with a disdain so thick it often blurs to naked loathing, a fact that has significant implications for the president's reelection campaign and his ability to operate over the next two years.
Was it Obama who huddled with Wall Street to try to do away or water down Wall Street reform?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703575004575043612216461790.htmlRepublicans are stepping up their campaign to win donations from Wall Street, trying to capitalize on an increasing sense of regret among executives at big financial institutions for backing Democrats in 2008.
In discussions with Wall Street executives, Republicans are striving to make the case that they are banks' best hope of preventing President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats from cracking down on Wall Street. [...]
[House Minority Leader John Boehner] told [James Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of J.P. Morgan] congressional Republicans had stood up to Mr. Obama's efforts to curb pay and impose new regulations.
Didn't Bachmann vote against reform?
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll413.xmlSources for this post are Politico, noted for criticism of politicians, regardless of political affiliation, when needed, and the WSJ, owned by Rupert Murdoch.