Goldman, Sachs & Co. vet turned politician Jim Hines ousted Connecticut's last Republican congressional delegate Christopher Shays. (Clusterstock)
Although Connecticut ousted Republicans from its congressional caucus and gave President-elect Barack Obama the state's electoral college votes, the wealthiest Fairfield County enclaves where hedge fund managers call home overwhelmingly voted for rival Sen. John McCain. (DealBook)
The New York Times' Floyd Norris suggests McCain could blame Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's inaction in the face of a pending Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy as the key reason for his loss. (Norris' Blog)
The Wall Street Journal's Dennis Berman finds contradictions in statements about free markets from former Treasury Secretary John Snow, now Cerberus Capital Management LP chairman. (Deal Journal)
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