Chronicle:
Rep. John Boehner, the House of Representatives minority leader, paid lawyers $110,000 to represent four of his staff members who were interviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in an investigation into whether Albert L. Lord, Sallie Mae’s chairman, was given inside information about President Bush’s 2008 budget, The Hill reported today.
Mr. Lord sold 400,000 shares of Sallie Mae stock for $18.3-million in early February, only three days before President Bush unveiled a budget containing more than $17-billion in cuts to subsidies for the lending industry. The day of the budget’s release, Sallie Mae stock plunged 9 percent, to $42.37 per share, a two-year low. If Mr. Lord had sold at that price, he would have received about $1.4-million less for his shares.....
.....The four staff members who were interviewed by the commission have been absolved, but the investigation into the possible leak continues, The Hill reported. The commission has not sought to interview Mr. Boehner, who has received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Sallie Mae over his Congressional career.
Very interesting.
> Women voters don't seem to be interested in the campaigns of Republicans Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani.
> AP:
Republican Mike Huckabee's record on women's rights is coming under increased scrutiny, including his endorsement of the Southern Baptist Convention's stance that women should "submit graciously" to their husbands and his opposition to sending women into combat....
......Huckabee was supported by 17 percent of women in a nationwide AP-Ipsos poll earlier this month, making him roughly even with Rudy Giuliani and John McCain for the lead among female voters among GOP presidential contenders....
Women are not interested in Huckabee because he supports women being submissive to men. Giuliani, married 3 times, obviously has no respect for women, wives, and marriage. John McCain seems to be out of touch with the modern woman.
