Posted on 09/16/2008 7:48:05 AM PDT by Jabrown
Throughout the campaign season Obama has attacked Wall Street’s financial sector and run a campaign based largely upon his “good judgment”. The problem with Obama’s rhetoric rests in the fact that tucked away in his database of 2.5 million donors is the approximately 180,000 power brokers that have funded nearly 60% of his campaign. Included in this list are the more than 594 campaign bundlers including 15 lobbyist bundlers who have accounted for over $140 million in contributions. Included in this list are just 36 bundlers accounting for over $18 million dollars, with two bundlers raising over $1 million, and one over $2 million. These amounts are impressive considering that just 552 individuals have accounted for nearly 1/3 of his total campaign contributions. Of course determining the occupation can be tricky considering the Obama campaign lists nearly 100 bundlers as having unknown occupations, nearly 100 who are listed as "self-employed", and dozens of "homemakers" and "retired" individuals.
Among Obama's campaign contributors are many Lehman Brothers Executives, such as...
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No wonder Barry was so angry yesterday. He saw his list of Wall St. donors shrinking by the hour. Too bad...and NO MORE BAIL-OUTS using money from us tax drones.
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Franklin D. Raine
James “Jim” Johnson
Penny Pritzker
Maria Echaveste & Christopher Edley
William M. Daley
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008
Top Contributors
Senator Barack Obama 2003 - 2008
Election Cycle: 20082006Career
Total of itemized contribution records of $200 or more: $204,023,522. To search these 342031 contributions for this member, click here.
Contributor Total
Goldman Sachs $689,280
University of California $531,070
JPMorgan Chase & Co $449,671
Citigroup Inc $411,504
Harvard University $407,452
University of Chicago $396,339
UBS AG $390,000
Google Inc $379,212
Lehman Brothers $365,922
Skadden, Arps et al $358,121
Sidley Austin LLP $356,345
Kirkland & Ellis $351,714
Moveon.org $347,463
Morgan Stanley $314,638
Exelon Corp $310,911
National Amusements Inc $298,500
Microsoft Corp $280,425
Time Warner $279,859
Jones Day $266,705
Latham & Watkins $255,095
Top Contributors
Senator John McCain 2003 - 2008
Election Cycle: 200820062004200220001998Career
Total of itemized contribution records of $200 or more: $123,693,135. To search these 147132 contributions for this member, click here.
Contributor Total
Merrill Lynch $293,010
Citigroup Inc $251,851
Goldman Sachs $223,995
Morgan Stanley $212,821
AT&T Inc $187,673
Blank Rome LLP $175,326
JPMorgan Chase & Co $169,625
Greenberg Traurig LLP $154,687
Credit Suisse Group $144,525
Bank of America $120,625
Pinnacle West Capital $119,250
Lehman Brothers $115,800
UBS AG $114,315
US Government $112,101
Wachovia Corp $110,462
PricewaterhouseCoopers $109,270
FedEx Corp $108,253
Hess Corp $95,050
US Army $92,007
Blackstone Group $91,500
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