Tuesday night seemed to seal the deal on a new merger, one that Wall Street won't like. As far as the country's most enthusiastic voters are concerned, campaign finance reform and financial reform are simply adding up to Wall Street reform. "Fixing" the Street is becoming a twofold cry to fix a broken political system and level the economic playing field. No exit polling exists on this yet beyond the pretty emphatic results. "Business should beware," Fortune's Alan Murray wrote the other day in his CEO Daily, anticipating the New Hampshire victories of "avowed socialist" Bernie Sanders and "protectionist" and "nativist" Donald Trump. Reviewing the history of financial crises in America, Murray concluded "that the economic ramifications last longer than financial ramifications, and the political ramifications last longer than both. That's proven true again." For business, Murray warned, that means decisions "to move their domiciles overseas - which may seem a rational response to irrational US tax laws - or... to jack up drug prices - also a rational response to the vagaries of the US health care system" are
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