> One month before the presidential election of 2008, the giant Wall Street bank Citigroup submitted to the Obama campaign a list of its preferred candidates fo

> One month before the presidential election of 2008, the giant Wall Street bank Citigroup submitted to the Obama campaign a list of its preferred candidates for cabinet positions in an Obama administration. This list corresponds almost exactly to the eventual composition of Barack Obama’s cabinet. That sentence isn't exactly warranted from the evidence. Citigroup submitted recommendations that happened to line up with reality, and they were sent to the Obama campaign, not the other way around.