[Don Corleone]

... Zandi, the report’s lead author, is a registered Democrat who has donated to Mrs. Clinton. But he has worked the other side of the political aisle, too: In 2008, he advised the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona.

A McCain supporter is very close to a Clinton supporter in my book.

[JParris]

“A McCain supporter is very close to a Clinton supporter in my book. “

“Advised” does not indicate he supported. McLame could have paid him to “advise” him how to appeal to hillary supporters........

[Memphis Moe]

Mark Zandi was born in Atlanta, Georgia of Iranian descent and grew up in Radnor, Pennsylvania. His surname of “Zandi” comes from the Zand dynasty (formally known as the Zandieh dynasty), which ruled southern and south-central Iran (1750–1794) in the eighteenth century.

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