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Article: US election will be won on the trading floor of Wall Street; The race to the White House has been transformed by the economic hurricane hitting Wall Street and devastating some of the famous names in capitalism. In these testing times, writes David Williamson, it is the presidential candidate who wins the trust of an electorate living in dread of recession who will be handed the keys to the Oval Office.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2008
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Byline: David Williamson
THE destruction of the twin towers of the WorldTrade Center and the spectre of further terrorist attacks defined the 2004 presidential election.
Today, the financial chaos on Wall Street - a short walk from Ground Zero - is the backdrop to the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of the White House.
In 2004 President Bush convinced the electorate he was a truer commander-in-chief than Senator John Kerry. Now, Democratic challenger Barack Obama is telling a shell-shocked nation he will prove a stronger ...