The worry on Wall Street is about how far to the left Clinton might have to drift to appease whats been proclaimed the Warren wing of the Democratic Partythe vocal populists buoyed by Elizabeth Warrens tough critiques of Wall Street greed, as well as by the recent election of liberal Mayor Bill de Blasio on their New York home turf. According to people in Clintons extended circle, John Podestathe former White House chief of staff under her husband who this week joined the Obama White House for a year-long stintwas poised to work with Hillary Clinton on her messaging on income inequality, a role he seems less likely to fill while he's in government. Still, some say fears that Clinton will end up alienating financial sector donors the way Obama has, even if she tacks left, are overblown. Wall Street folks are so happy about [having Clinton run] that they wont care what she says, says one well-placed Democrat.
And if the banking class is delighted with Clinton lately, the feeling appears mutual. In Manhattan last week, Clinton sat down with the Carlyle Groups David Rubenstein for their second question-and-answer session in the last two months. Unlike the first one, held for his private equity firms investor conference, this was a more public appearance, part of a program honoring the late diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clinton easily regaled the well-heeled crowd with stories from her past before Rubenstein ended their half-hour chat with a joke about her future: Would she be interested in joining a private equity firm?
Is that an offer? Clinton asked, laughing as the audience knowingly joined in. She may soon need many things from the titans of finance, but a job is probably not one of them.
) and decreasing pay make consulting and finance much more lucrative and they are much less stressful in the long run. I think medicine is ok right now, probably could do with less loans/better loan repayment programs in exchange for a bit less salary, research so utterly screwed given how important it is (i am super biased but mental illness costs our economy 100s of billions in a conservative estimate and its only getting worst).
