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Romney Earns Most Endorsements From Former CEOs With $100 Million-Plus Golden Parachutes
By Josh Israel
Yesterday, Mother Jones identified 21 former CEOs who received more than $100 million in severance packages when they left their posts.
A ThinkProgress analysis of federal campaign finance records reveals that of the 21-person list, only four have been disclosed as donors to 2012 presidential candidates.
Mitt Romney garnered the most endorsements. At least three of those donors have given the legal maximum $2,500 to the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. They were former CVS Caremark Corporation CEO Thomas M. Ryan, former U.S. Bancorp CEO Jerry A. Grundhofer, and former eBay CEO (and unsuccessful 2010 California gubernatorial candidate) Margaret C. Meg Whitman.
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Additionally, former General Electric CEO John F. Jack Welch Jr. has publicly backed Romney, though he has not yet been disclosed as a Romney donor.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/19/407188/romney-earns-most-endorsements-from-former-ceos-with-100-million-plus-golden-parachutes/
By Josh Israel
Yesterday, Mother Jones identified 21 former CEOs who received more than $100 million in severance packages when they left their posts.
A ThinkProgress analysis of federal campaign finance records reveals that of the 21-person list, only four have been disclosed as donors to 2012 presidential candidates.
Mitt Romney garnered the most endorsements. At least three of those donors have given the legal maximum $2,500 to the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. They were former CVS Caremark Corporation CEO Thomas M. Ryan, former U.S. Bancorp CEO Jerry A. Grundhofer, and former eBay CEO (and unsuccessful 2010 California gubernatorial candidate) Margaret C. Meg Whitman.
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Additionally, former General Electric CEO John F. Jack Welch Jr. has publicly backed Romney, though he has not yet been disclosed as a Romney donor.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/19/407188/romney-earns-most-endorsements-from-former-ceos-with-100-million-plus-golden-parachutes/
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Romney Earns Most Endorsements From Former CEOs With $100 Million-Plus Golden Parachutes (Original Post)
ProSense
Jan 2012
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Quantess
(27,630 posts)1. Not surprising at all.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Kick! n/t
denem
(11,045 posts)3. Newt has Steve Forbes
and that guy from Vegas.
And Newt is offering a 15% flat tax. I think the Billionaires are more worried about Newt = 1972, the last time the 'Insurgents' overwhelmed the 'Establishment'.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. K & R
Initech
(100,069 posts)5. Meet the criminals.