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What high level economic advisor to President Obama.
Is planning to vote permit me if he's a Republican nominee Charlie gas critical adults think as the inside the Italian army this -- -- His chief outside economic advisor would not -- I guess nominally -- -- in year old boy us.
You GE.
Chairman and CEO Jeffrey and really what resources -- -- on the Fox Business Network these are sources that are friends have been now.
Is that besides you know that he's saying that I've got it wrong that he's a liberal but -- stories about.
GE -- cozying up to Obama and taken a lot of these sort of a lot of sort of if let's say largesse from government over the I'm choke -- -- in the same story right but what they're telling me is that in milk is likely to support Romney.
If Romney is the Republican nominee they -- point lead to and it's pretty interest and you go to campaign contribution records open secrets dot org is a really good -- -- police source to look.
And you'll see right now.
That Romney is that the GE is him twice as much to Romney as Obama.
If you look at the 2008 election cycle -- Romney isn't even -- of those and preliminary numbers from he's not the nominee yet that money will grow a lot of these are all employee.
Harry yep yep but.
You know generally that firm and those top executives by all these companies.
They vote with the boss and -- if you look at the numbers last time.
It's it's it's a 180 having -- -- they would that you G was one of the top contributors to Obama.
Begin about 500000 dollars compared to a 100000 dollars to -- the Republican.
Nominee John McCain.
You what you see is kind of a reversal and it's like those are the final numbers those amounts are preliminary flow from what I understand it's from the top and -- here and I we've got a call includes Immelt I'd like to know he's gonna stick around as the present on the president's at an ounce as economic it might not council she's the jobs -- -- -- -- cut its.
It's it's it's it's kind of us.
BS roll right but you are how you are essentially the the the chief outside economic advisor to -- present.
We should point out that these friends keep telling me that he is not a liberal.
-- that there -- any event what ever happened last time around was about.
Trying to ingratiate yourself with the powers that be -- -- person and it looked like was going to win as opposed well lace sensors or.
-- the fact that he just thinks Mitt Romney is gonna win this time and so we use.
Potentially changing teams to.
Get on the right side I -- -- You know I don't.
I don't know exactly why he's doing what he's doing and we should point out we haven't spoken to -- we have calls out whom he may never called me back which is probably like -- and I do like.
How we're doing -- -- we'll see sky and we'll see regular health gonna -- I don't know IS.
People why did he do this thing and it should be a banner that that says this has -- I added it.
-- believe beyond the.
The -- and what they said yeah he simply.
Did this not to support Obama to -- to try to help the country and it's of course not and Obama put him in -- to become more business friend right and to become more centrist right I wish it -- -- that banner but yes that is one of the reasons why two B Morse debate basically.
His view was that he could -- trying to help the debt trying to help the country at a very difficult time coming out of 101008 financial crisis.
Very controversial role as you know one of the very big hundred GE U was been a recipient of a lot of the we're just coming out of government -- on an energy lot of Green engine in all that stuff before what I am asleep -- you know Jeff Immelt.
Is gonna support -- have -- -- -- nominee that's what his friends -- Tellme and it and they say if need proof.
Look at those contribution numbers -- -- -- Feel free to call you right now going and I'm -- I'm TO I just -- -- about your post what I put in banners that they put it that's OK Charlie -- thanks so much.
