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Well, it was a repudiation of Obama across the board. And I would argue-you know, I'm sitting here in the state of New York. We've heard all about this corporate money that's washing into politics. Well, the corporate money did play a role in New York state. You know, we had the three biggest elections. Corporate money was behind the three big winners, and they were all Democrats. Andrew Cuomo is the new governor of New York-big support from real estate interests and Wall Street. The two US senators from New York, Gillibrand and Schumer, are big favorites on Wall Street. Senator Schumer's the protector of hedge funds. So, you know, when I'm sitting here in New York, the Tea Party was rejected in the governor's race here. But when in this country you have a choice between corporate Democrats on the one hand and Tea Party sort of fanatical extreme right-wingers, that's not a lot of a choice. And I think what's really sad is some good people did go down today nationwide. One of them was Senator Russ Feingold. There's no state where Obama's popularity plummeted as fast as it did in the state of Wisconsin, and that really brought Russ Feingold down.
Interesting interview. Read the transcript or watch the video of it here:
Jeff Cohen: Major Corporate Money was Behind Dems as Well | CommonDreams.org
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