1.0 link 141122 <![CDATA[Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-klein/real-change-depends-on-st_b_141122.html To understand the meaning of the U.S. election results, it is worth looking back to the moment when everything changed for the Obama campaign. It was, without question, the moment when the economic crisis hit Wall Street.

Up to that point, things weren't looking all that good for Barack Obama. The Democratic National Convention barely delivered a bump, while the appointment of Sarah Palin seemed to have shifted the momentum decisively over to John McCain.

Then, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed,...

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