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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1360)	6/11/2008 9:59:02 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 6579

HusseinObama, Democrat of Illinois, hired Jason Furman, a Harvard-trained economist closely associated with Mr. Rubin, a Wall Street insider who served as Clinton’s Treasury secretary. Labor union leaders criticized the move, and said that “Rubinomics” focused too much on corporate America and not enough on workers. “For years we’ve expressed strong concerns about corporate influence on the Democratic Party,” John J. Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, said Wednesday in a statement implicitly critical of the symbolism of the appointment, no matter Mr. Furman’s economic skills.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1360)	6/12/2008 7:37:23 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6579

husseinObama announced that Johnson would head the selection team shortly after the senator from Illinois claimed the delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination, but he had spent much of the week since then defending Johnson's role as leader of the vetting of potential running mates. Yesterday, Johnson became a casualty in the back-and-forth over ties to special interests in the presidential campaign as husseinObama cut him loose.