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Politics : The Next President 2008 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2967)	6/11/2008 8:27:20 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 3215

Ken,it took 8 years but we will be vindicated in November when the liberal Democrats will be swept into offices.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2967)	6/11/2008 10:08:19 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 3215

One of the more well-known cases involves UnitedHealth Group, a Minnesota company, where Mr. Johnson was a board member and later head of the compensation committee. The company came under fire after the chief executive was granted more than $1.4 billion in stock options — some $618 million of which was returned as a result of settlements with federal regulators and shareholders. The executive, William McGuire, resigned, but he kept $800 million from the package. In return for his work on the UnitedHealth Care board, Mr. Johnson received more than 3.1 million stock options, with an underlying value of about $175 million. He also received a director’s fee of $400,000 a year. Oversight groups have also raised questions about the number of boards on which Mr. Johnson served while holding a full-time position at Fannie Mae. Besides UnitedHealth and Goldman Sachs, he served on the boards and compensation committees of KB Homes, the Gannett Corporation and Temple Inland. He was also a board member at Target.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2967)	6/12/2008 6:16:23 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3215

Obama's 143 Days of Senate Experience Posted by Cheri Jacobus May 5, 2008 at 5:35 pm Just how much Senate experience does Barack Obama have in terms of actual work days? Not much. From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan. 143 days -- I keep leftovers in my refrigerator longer than that. In contrast, John McCain's 26 years in Congress, 22 years of military service including 1,966 days in captivity as a POW in Hanoi now seem more impressive than ever. At 71, John McCain may just be hitting his stride. Think about IT!!!