A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Wall Street

By Michael J.W. Stickings

ThinkProgress:

Two months ago, the Washington Post revealed that Mitt Romney's presidential bid is largely fueled by Wall Street money, including major donors from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America.

[Yesterday], the former Massachusetts governor took a step that will undoubtedly make bankers happy, appointing the chairman of a Wall Street front group to his campaign. Romney tapped Norm Coleman, the former Minnesota senator and current chairman of the Board of the American Action Network, to be his "special adviser for policy."

As ThinkProgress has written in the past, the American Action Network (AAN) is a front group funded by conservative Wall Street moneymen, including Robert Steel, Ken Langone, and Fred Malek. Because of its seemingly limitless money supply, the AAN was the second biggest outside spending groups in the 2010 election, dropping $26 million in support of conservative candidates.

Romney is the candidate of the plutocratic Republican establishment. Rick Perry isn't any better, of course, what with his crony capitalism, and pretty much every Republican, even the self-appointed populist Michele Bachmann, would happily relocate to Wall Street's back pocket.

This just drives the point home. If you want Wall Street running the country, Romney's your man.