still prefer that there be no rules at all. they get rescued all the time by us no matter what they do. and so for this election they are supporting mitt romney against barack obama. and a tiny little step down the ticket it means they are throwing their money hand over fist at one particular united states senator. a senator from massachusetts. the man who holds what used to be ted kennedy s senate seat. scott brown of massachusetts has taken more money than any other senator from the securities and investments sector, he has taken more money than any other senator from the venture capital sector. he s taken more money than any other senator from the private equity and investment firms. he s taken more money from the hedge fund industry. hold on. this guy isn t even from new york. nope. wall street has a guy on the inside. his name is scott brown. he s running for office in massachusetts. in the first quarter of this year, the city of which he received more itemized donations than any
marketplace for new ideas. does wall street need to be reformed before any of this new plan you suggest could succeed? no. i think the spotlight has to be kept on the investment banks, and particularly the so-called venture capital sector, which is historically been the source of private capital for new inventions and new corporations. that has dried up also. i would simply say i think the president and others in opinion-making positions should keep focus on the private sector, keep urging those corporations and those banks to invest their capital to put people back to work. they simply are not doing that. senator hart i want to digress briefly for the potential of a government shutdown in washington. do you think congress and the president are acting responsibly at this time? well, i think they re trying. part of that blog suggested that, again, my own party is