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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Fri May 18, 2012, 04:26 PM May 2012

Donors from big banks betting on Romney

There's the gratitude for Obama's praise of JP Morgan for you

http://www.nationofchange.org/romney-defends-jp-morgan-s-3-billion-trading-debacle-after-collecting-millions-financial-industry-13

When the head of JPMorgan Chase met with shareholders to answer for a trading loss of more than $2 billion Tuesday, it was against an evolving political backdrop: Donors from big banks are betting on Mitt Romney to defeat President Obama and repeal new restraints on risky, large-scale investments.

The top five donor groups in Romney’s campaign are individuals and political action committees associated with large financial institutions, led by Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, according to information compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that tracks campaign donations.

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