Is Leon Cooperman planning to run for president of the U.S? In a conference call with investors last week, the fed-up founder of New York hedge fund firm Omega Advisors threatened to throw his hat into the ring.
Cooperman insists that he was not kidding but was talked out of it by his spooked investors, who urged him to continue managing their money.
The plainspoken New York native, 68, who never shies from giving his opinion, nevertheless fired off a nine-point “presidential plan,” challenging some politician to take it and run with it.
The plan is a healthy mixture of Franklin Roosevelt, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. No kidding.
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