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Davos elite alarmed at prospect of nominee Trump

Davos elite alarmed at prospect of nominee Trump

"Unbelievable", "embarrassing" even "dangerous" are some of the words the financial elite gathered at the World Economic Forum conference in the Swiss resort of Davos have been using to describe U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

Although some said they still expected his campaign to founder before his party picks its nominee for the November election many said it was no longer unthinkable that he could be the Republican candidate.

Some noted that whatever the outcome, a heated campaign, which has also seen self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders provide a tough challenge to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, could alter the U.S. political environment, giving vent to new populist anger on both sides of the political divide.

Trump's nationalist rhetoric, particularly proposals to ban Muslims from entering the United States, tax goods made abroad and build a wall on the Mexican border, were never the sort of thing to appeal to the free trade crowd that typically gathers at events like the annual Davos economic forum.

Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said if Donald Trump wants to be a good negotiator as president, he’ll need to listen more than demanding his own way.

“Clearly it is not a rhetoric that is inviting for integration," said Chile's Finance Minister, Rodrigo Valdes, referring to his comments on the campaign trail.

"In Chile we have a deep view that integration of the Americas is a good thing, whether it is goods, financing and yes people. So I’d be happier with a more welcoming rhetoric."

Among the present and former government officials in the Swiss resort was Eric Cantor, former Republican majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, now vice-chairman of Moelis & Co, an investment bank. Like much of the Republican party's establishment, he had cold words for Trump.

"He's not serious. He's amazing at promoting his personal brand and reflecting an underlying anger at home," Cantor said.

"Trump Fever is an unsustainable phenomenon that will not translate into a victory for the candidate."

But for Ray Nolte, chief investment officer of Skybridge Capital, a $13 billion hedge fund whose founder has supported other Republican candidates including Jeb Bush, such establishment pronouncements sound like wishful thinking.

“Is Donald going to be the nominee? I don’t know. It’s sure looking that way now," Nolte said. "Anyone here (at Davos) who is in the mainstream says there is no way he could possibly get the nomination. When I hear that, it probably means it is going to happen."

Noting the challenge to Clinton from Sanders, which he said could pull her to the left on issues like financial regulation, Nolte said institutional investors were already paying attention to the prospect of increased U.S. political volatility from the election.

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Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post news website once insisted on covering Trump, a former reality TV star, as an entertainment figure rather than a politician, said the site reversed its policy once he announced his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, which made him too "dangerous" to ignore.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-trump-elite-idUSKCN0UZ2MD
 
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Bernie Sanders' stunning popularity is 'almost unheard of'

Bernie Sanders' stunning popularity is 'almost unheard of'

New Hampshire Democrats really like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont).

A CNN/WMUR poll released Tuesday found the insurgent Democratic presidential candidate beating his rival Hillary Clinton by 27 points among primary voters in New Hampshire.

The same poll showed that 91% of those voters held a favorable opinion of him, compared with the 65% who held a favorable view of Clinton.

"Sanders' net favorability rating is an almost unheard of +84%," wrote pollsters at the University of New Hampshire, which conducted the survey. Clinton's net-favorability rating is a positive 39%.

While Sanders widens his lead in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary contest, the first-caucus state of Iowa is a much different story, with the race a virtual dead heat.

The most recent Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll released this month found the two candidates' favorability ratings at almost identical highs, with 89% of likely Democratic caucusgoers viewing Sanders favorably and 86% displaying a favorable view of Clinton.

Much of Clinton's eventual support in both early-nominating states will rely on whether she can mobilize female supporters and close the gap among male voters.

In both Iowa and New Hampshire, recent polls have found Clinton trailing among male voters by significant margins. The latest CNN/WMUR poll found that 70% of likely male voters in New Hampshire supported Sanders, whereas only 26% supported Clinton. A recent Quinnipiac University poll of Iowa voters found that of the men who planned to caucus in Iowa, 61% backed Sanders, compared with 30% who backed Clinton.

In Iowa and New Hampshire, where white voters dominate the pool of likely voters, the former secretary of state still appears to be running strongest among women, voters over the age of 50, and those who came out to vote in the 2008 and 2012 primaries.

Privately, some Democrats have begun to acknowledge that Sanders could win both states. But they point out that he has an uphill climb in the next several nominating contests.
 
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Ok, looks like Bloomberg is going to hold Bernie supporters hostage here....vote for Hillary or lose to Trump apparently.....
 
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In the last 10 election cycles....this is the first time I am truly terrified...

Better the devil you know then the devil you don't. I hate negative compromise!

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on a side note...what if the Donald and Hillary are in collaboration to put Hillary in the White House?

Also. Is it not short sighted to elect anyone strictly on pro mj views. IMHO
 
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In the last 10 election cycles....this is the first time I am truly terrified...

Better the devil you know then the devil you don't. I hate negative compromise!

minds_I

on a side note...what if the Donald and Hillary are in collaboration to put Hillary in the White House?

Also. Is it not short sighted to elect anyone strictly on pro mj views. IMHO
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Bottom line you can't trust Hilary shes bought by big pharma/big business.
 
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As Sanders Slams Wall Street Elite, Clinton Ditches Iowa To Fetch Their Checks

As Sanders Slams Wall Street Elite, Clinton Ditches Iowa To Fetch Their Checks

Seemingly undeterred by the consistent critique that her close ties to the financial industry are hurting her campaign, The Intercept on Tuesday reports that with less than a week until the Iowa caucus, Hillary Clinton will soon leave the hotly-contested state to attend a pair of Wall Street-sponsored fundraising events.

According to The Intercept's Zaid Jilani:

Clinton will appear in Philadelphia at a “gala” fund-raiser hosted by executives at Franklin Square Capital Partners, a $17 billion investment fund. Rocker Bon Jovi will reportedly play an acoustic set for “friends” who pledge $1,000 and hosts who bundle up to $27,000.

The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that “Franklin Square employs Ivy League-educated money managers and salespeople with experience at big Wall Street firms – plus four personal trainers and a dietitian to keep staff happy and productive amid the gym, yoga and nap rooms, Sol LeWitt art installations, and fancy cafeteria.”

Clinton will then head to New York City, where she will speak at a lunchtime “Conversations With Hillary” fund-raiser. This one is co-hosted by Matt Mallow, a senior managing director and general counsel at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. As we’ve reported before, having a conversation with Hillary is not cheap.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Clinton's chief rival for the Democratic nomination Bernie Sanders vowed to keep the pressure on in Iowa and told supporters that their energy, and ultimate turnout, would be the key to whether or not his campaign can achieve victory in the state.

Though Sanders conceded on Tuesday that Clinton has an impressive organization in Iowa, he said that in the last couple of months his campaign has gained much ground and now has a real chance to upset the presumptive frontrunner—but only if his supporters get to their local caucus. "In my mind," Sanders told reporters during a stop Des Moines, "we will win here in Iowa if the voter turnout is high. And frankly, if the voter turnout is not high, we're going to be struggling."

Sanders' remarks came immediately after a meeting with members of the local chapter of the United Steelworkers union which disregarded their national leadership by giving the U.S. senator from Vermont their official endorsement.
 
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Cruz is to much an ideologue.. He has proven he's willing to destroy parts of the government, to allow chaos before compromise- and then not compromise...

Don't get me wrong I'm not endorsing trump by any means but he would want to see something happen if elected he would compromise before shutting the government down- he would always spin himself the victor in a comprise but he'd do it if forced- Cruz would sink the ship before giving a rats ass what it was doing to the nation or economy...

Robert Reich said something to this effect the other night and I couldn't quote it I sure could understand and Agee with the sentiment thus my paraphrase...
 
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Want to reverse sky-high inequality? Bernie Sanders is the pragmatic choice

Want to reverse sky-high inequality? Bernie Sanders is the pragmatic choice

The Democratic contest has repeatedly been characterized as a choice between Hillary Clinton’s “pragmatism” and Bernie Sanders’s “idealism” – with the not-so-subtle message that realists choose pragmatism over idealism. But this way of framing the choice ignores the biggest reality of all: the unprecedented, and increasing, concentration of income, wealth and power at the very top, combined with declining real incomes for most and persistent poverty for the bottom fifth.

The real choice isn’t “pragmatism” or “idealism.” It’s either allowing these trends to worsen, or reversing them. Inequality has reached levels last seen in the era of the “robber barons” in the 1890s. The only truly pragmatic way of reversing this state of affairs is through a “political revolution” that mobilizes millions of Americans.

Is such a mobilization possible? One pundit recently warned Democrats that change happens incrementally, by accepting half loaves as being better than none. That may be true, but the full loaf has to be large and bold enough in the first place to make the half loaf meaningful. And not even a half loaf is possible unless or until America wrests back power from the executives of large corporations, Wall Street bankers and billionaires who now control the bakery.


How badly is political power concentrated in America among the very wealthy? A study published in the fall of 2014 by two of America’s most respected political scientists, Princeton professor Martin Gilens and Northwestern’s Benjamin Page, suggests it’s extremely concentrated.

Gilens and Page undertook a detailed analysis of 1,799 policy issues, seeking to determine the relative influence on them of economic elites, business groups, mass-based interest groups and average citizens. Their conclusion was dramatic: “The preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically nonsignificant impact upon public policy.” Instead, Gilens and Page found that lawmakers respond almost exclusively to the moneyed interests – those with the most lobbying prowess and deepest pockets to bankroll campaigns.

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...uality-bernie-sanders-is-the-pragmatic-choice
 
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Ha!......

Ha!......

The new prez seems like a super nice guy, but canada has their moments.....
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