Money raised from the banking industry

[draft_mario_cuomo]

1) Obama $607,259
2) Clinton $492,725
3) McCain $479,085
4) Romney $451,771
5) Giuliani $416,901
6) Dodd $352,500
7) Edwards $131,876
8) Biden $102,250
9) Richardson $83,000

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. dmc, do you have a link? Por favor?

Thanks. :-) MKJ

[draft_mario_cuomo]

3. I got it from opensecrets

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Thanks.

The Repubs not doing so well. MKJ

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. Which is good but also frightening

I think we need to be asking ourselves why Clinton and Obama are doing so well among corporate America...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. Where did I hear that when the bankers are making the most money, one's government is in trouble?

I think Thom Hartmann, although I'm paraphrasing from faulty memory.

MKJ

[Colobo]

2. Strategy- Try to knock down Obama to see if Edwards makes it to the 2nd place

[draft_mario_cuomo]

5. This is part of a series.

Here is what I have done thus far:

1) Post the money totals for Wall Street for the big three on both sides
2) Post who the top contributors were to each candidate, plus celeb donors
3) Post who the top recipients of money from the securities/investment industry were (HRC was #1, BO #2. Did I post that to knock down HRC? If you think so that is odd--I was called a "Hill shill" just the other day!)
4) This

People need to know who corporate America is supporting, and how much certain industries are giving to candidates. We see the label "corporate whore" thrown around lot but that is a meaningless label applied only to HRC. Corporate America itself is telegramming who they support with their money. Money talks...

[lvx35]

8. Glad to see Obama's corporate side mentioned.

If you contrast Hillary and Obama on some issues like energy, you'll see Obama actually coming across as the bigger compromiser to major corporations. In fairness, I don't know how much this was based on the local politics when he did it, but its worthy of consideration.