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Wall Street's vote: Romney by a landslide (Obama donors giving to Romney instead)
Politico ^ | 06/13/12 | Abby Phillip

Posted on 06/13/2012 12:16:20 PM PDT by TonyInOhio

For three years, Wall Street’s been telling the world how much it can’t stand President Barack Obama.

Now, thanks to campaign finance filings, it’s possible to put a price tag on just how much: Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it are outraising Obama among financial-sector donors $37.1 million to $4.8 million.

Near the front of the pack are 19 Obama donors from 2008 who are giving big to Romney.

Ken Griffin, founder of the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, has accused Obama of engaging in “class warfare” and gave $2,500 to Romney’s campaign, plus nearly $1.1 million to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future. But in 2008, Griffin donated the maximum $4,600 to Obama’s campaign and helped raise another $50,000 to $100,000.

“It is critical that the next president appreciates that America’s prosperity is driven by the innovation and hard work of the American worker, whose valiant efforts have, in recent years, been undermined by the oppressive weight of government intervention,” Griffin told POLITICO in a statement.

The 19 have already given $4.8 million to Romney’s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it through the end of April, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. Four years ago, they gave Obama $213,700.

None of them has given a penny to the president’s reelection campaign or the super PAC supporting it.

(Excerpt) Read more at dyn.politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barryistoast; wallstreet
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The first sentence is bullsheet, but the rest of the piece explains why Lil' Barry is smelling toasty; he bit the hands that fed him, and, "once bitten, twice shy", his donors are vanishing.

As Romney expands the electoral map, Barry's money troubles will only worsen. Tell us some more about how evil Capialism is, Barry!

1 posted on 06/13/2012 12:16:29 PM PDT by TonyInOhio
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To: TonyInOhio

ruh roh....


2 posted on 06/13/2012 12:19:23 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: TonyInOhio

“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.


3 posted on 06/13/2012 12:21:24 PM PDT by duckman (Go Newt...)
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To: TonyInOhio

Ulsterman’s Wall Street Insider has been busy on the phone........


4 posted on 06/13/2012 12:24:45 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: TonyInOhio
When Wall Street gave to Obama, it was just peachy. All was right with the world.

Now they're giving to Romney, and it's a crime against humanity.

5 posted on 06/13/2012 12:25:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: duckman

“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.


It won’t work.


6 posted on 06/13/2012 12:27:29 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: duckman
“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.

I don't see that working. I'd suspect most GOPers and conservatives would like nothing more than to rub Obama's beak in a massive rout.

7 posted on 06/13/2012 12:27:43 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: unkus

Most likely the ones who will stay home on Election Day will be very disheartened Obama supporters.


8 posted on 06/13/2012 12:34:45 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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Most likely the ones who will stay home on Election Day will be very disheartened Obama supporters.


Right.

And a number of dims will vote Romney and never say a word.

Even some Dims know he’s ruining the country and their “Survival Mode” is kicking in.


9 posted on 06/13/2012 12:42:57 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: TonyInOhio

O’Bastard is a vindictive narcissist. Watch out. He’s going to set the world on fire before he gives it up, just like the other hussein did to the oil fields of Kuwait.


10 posted on 06/13/2012 1:16:45 PM PDT by crosshairs
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I think you’re going to see a 1-2 punch of superpac/GOP working for Romney and grassroots conservatives/tea partiers working for conservatives in the down-ticket races.


11 posted on 06/13/2012 1:38:40 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (FUBO .... Since 2008)
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I think you’re going to see a 1-2 punch of superpac/GOP working for Romney and grassroots conservatives/tea partiers working for conservatives in the down-ticket races.

Look @ my post the past couple of months, I have been smelling the momentum, predicted 60 in the Senate before Dick Morris did and I think it is gonna be a wipe-out like we have never seen. The "down-ticket" you mentioned will be huge IMHO all the way to dog catchers with Tea Party cred.

It will take them Dem's 20 years to recover.

The State to watch, ( and I have been saying it since Oct 10' ) is Michigan.

12 posted on 06/13/2012 1:54:05 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Lou Budvis

I was always a Sarah supporter - devastating when she announced she was not running.

Then i jumped to Newtster - easily the strongest and most intelligent conservative running with an actual record of BIG CHANGE in DC.

Muttster was at the bottom of my list.

That said, America and our Constitution cannot survive if Comrade B.Hussein Obamugabe wins in Nov.

That marxist MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS!


13 posted on 06/13/2012 1:55:50 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: TonyInOhio

See opening segment: http://www.latma.co.il/elatmatv.aspx


14 posted on 06/13/2012 1:59:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: TonyInOhio

Fair weather friends. Could you trust anyone who gave money to Obama in 2008?

This is good news because it means Obama isn’t getting their money this time but the question I have to ask is why they ever thought giving this guy money was a good idea to start with?


15 posted on 06/13/2012 2:01:00 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: TonyInOhio

This will free Barry to go Vindictive Socialist Scorched Earth on them in this campaign (which won’t work, but will serve to reaffirm for us who we always thought he was).


16 posted on 06/13/2012 2:02:59 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: duckman
“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.

Each and every one of us would give his right arm to be that Hanging Chad that this guy actually chokes on.

17 posted on 06/13/2012 2:04:58 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: unkus

“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.

It ain’t gonna work. The working middle class along every true American patriot that loves this country will crawl over a mile of broken glass just to vote against this fascist POS. It doesn’t matter what words the Rat Bassturds use as they’ve lost ALL credibility with their lies and 100% support of obamacare. America is going to vote this clown out of office. He’ll be lucky to get elected as a local dog catcher after this since he’s been known to eat them in the past; and hopefully we’ll rid ourselves of every Rat Bassturd that voted for the despicable piece of obamacare crap.
I can see November from by back porch and it looks like a tidal wave coming hard and fast. Wait! What’s that banner I see at the top of the wave right beside the good old Red, White and Blue??? It says; “FUBO!!! We’re coming for you!”


18 posted on 06/13/2012 2:07:29 PM PDT by lgjhn23
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To: TonyInOhio
Oh who cares about polls? Let's eat!

Obama Celebrates Father's Day With BBQ Lunch (ABC News)


U.S. President Barack Obama eats ribs at Kenny's BBQ in honor of the upcoming Father's Day weekend in Washington June 13, 2012. Seated beside Obama is U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bill Edwards, the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award Winner. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

19 posted on 06/13/2012 2:08:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: TonyInOhio

Just what the hell did these idiots think Obama was going to do


20 posted on 06/13/2012 2:22:17 PM PDT by uncbob
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