David Davis, though ambitious and dynamic, is only slightly more popular among his colleagues than Mr Legg.
"From our first meeting with Oshima, we thought he'd buy the company, " says Vivitar Chief Operating Officer Mark Legg.
The best EVA Momentum score last year was 93.1% for Chesapeake Energy, while the 2009 high was 54.7% for Legg Mason.
The diverse group of panelists represented: Credit Suisse, Capital One, Cigna, Fitch Ratings and Legg Mason.
After a humiliating climb-down, Mr Duncan Smith was forced to re-employ Mr Gilbert and had to get rid of Mr Legg expensively.
The options vigilantes include Christopher Davis, the portfolio manager for the Davis Advisors fund group, and William Miller, the portfolio chief for Legg Mason funds.
"It's the best result that Llanelli have ever had so to be part of that is fantastic, " Legg told BBC Scotland.
"I disagree with people who say it will be bad for cable, " says Legg Mason's Blair.
"This is one of those Gettysburg-like battles that could turn the war, " says Legg Mason analyst Blair Levin.
Llanelli are currently without a manager after Andy Legg resigned earlier this week.
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Those companies now know they can approach a friendly FCC for a ruling in their favor, rather than fight to push regulatory changes through Congress, says Legg Mason analyst Blair Levin.
Baltimore-based Legg Mason Capital Management Inc. held a combined 79.8 million shares of Freddie as of July 31 in Bill Miller's Value Trust and Opportunity Trust funds as well as institutional accounts, the firm said.
Mr Mack has already noted Citigroup's recent swap of its asset-management arm for Legg Mason's brokerage operation.
"Their credit quality is becoming better than was expected, " said Chris Brendler, an analyst at Legg Mason Wood Walker in Baltimore.
"They're performing about as well as you can expect them to, " says Legg Mason Wood Walker analyst Timm Bechter.
In the second-quarter report for Mr. Miller's flagship Legg Mason Value Trust, Freddie is listed as the fund's second-weakest performer, with a 35% loss, just shy of the 39% loss by American International Group Inc.
The increasing likelihood of a bailout agreement between Hungary and the International Monetary Fund have pushed Hungarian bond yields, which decline as prices rise, to around 7% from about 10% last year when Legg Mason first bought in, Mr. Smith says.
Analyst sentiment about Legg Mason has waned during the last three months.
"Washington had decided to stay out of it for now, but it's become a grassroots political problem, " says Scott Cleland, a policy analyst for Legg Mason, a Baltimore-based investment firm.
"So an exercise like Thomas Legg has carried out was needed, " he said.
For instance, take the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Fund, managed by Bill Miller.
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Most analysts think investors should stand pat on Legg Mason, with seven of 13 analysts rating it hold.
That's something Legg says he would rather do than live as a diabetic.
As for Jonathan Legg, his numbers are no longer in the diabetic range.
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