National Post- While John McCain may seem like the obvious choice for Wall Street’s ultra-rich since the Republican is undoubtedly the candidate with the best chances of making the Bush tax cuts permanent, Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are getting some support from Wall Street too.
Mrs. Clinton has plenty of old friends there, but Mr. Obama has received money from many of the top 10 managers on Alpha magazine’s Best-Paid Hedge Fund Managers list for 2007. These include Blue Ridge Capital Founder John Griffin, Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital, and George Soros, who earned nearly US$3-billion last year, according to DealBook.
