June 22, 2010

Linda McMahon and the Triple-Damn Stinger Splash

By Stuart Schwartz
The knives are out for Linda McMahon in Connecticut. This former chief executive officer of the $1.2-billion entertainment juggernaut, World Wrestling Entertainment, has captured the delegate nomination as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. You can say the same about McMahon that Bloomberg Businessweek says about her business: She "operates under a cloud of elite disdain."  Amidst the howls of outrage from both the right and left sides of the political and media establishments, McMahon is poised for an upset in the August voter portion of a two-part primary. Elite media and politicians despise her, describing her as an "outsider" while decrying the source of her wealth and her Palin-esque view of politics (government spending is out of control, politicians are living large off the taxpayers, Washington is a swamp, etc.).But the wrestling millionaire is in the midst of executing the kind of move increasingly seen in this, the year ordinary...(Read Full Article)