Wall Street-related political donations are bolstering Republicans' political fortunes this summer as financial interests have suddenly -- and dramatically -- shifted their contributions away from Democrats, who they largely favored last year.
... The findings by the Center, which underscore a preliminary analysis from August, indicate an increased frustration with congressional Democrats by Wall Street interests, many of which are still smarting from passage of federal financial reforms they consider onerous.
I don’t know about you lot, but I found that the most helpful book in explaining the wider politics of the financial crisis to be Carl Zimmer’s Parasite Rex.
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