CEOs, Bush Rangers Rebuff Republicans on War, Widening Deficit

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Bloomberg News: CEOs, Bush Rangers Rebuff Republicans on War, Widening Deficit
Michael Janofsky
Fri Sep 21

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dozens of corporate executives who backed President George W. Bush for re-election in 2004, including some of his top fund-raisers, are now helping Democrats running for president.

John Mack, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., and Terry Semel, chairman of Yahoo! Inc., are among some 60 executives writing checks to Democrats such as Senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, a review of U.S. Federal Election Commission records shows.

While the vast majority of business leaders still back Republicans for 2008, the stature of some of those donating to Democrats suggests that support may be eroding, seven years into the Bush presidency. Some executives expressed concern over Republican positions on issues ranging from the war in Iraq and stem-cell research to global warming and the fiscal deficit.

The shift in political-spending patterns is ``very unusual,'' says Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a Washington-based group that advocates campaign-finance reform. ``Normally, if you have dissatisfaction with the administration, you figure out who in your own party you'll support in the next election,'' he says. ``You don't look at other parties.''

The Democratic victory in last November's congressional elections may have also sparked greater interest in the party. ``Money tends to follow people who have power,'' Wertheimer says....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070921/pl_bloomberg/afar_kazjeds_1

[ananda]

1. hardyhar

You get what you support or vote for.

Thanks for nothing.

[janx]

2. $$$$$$$$$ n/t

[EVDebs]

3. Bush family motto 'OPM' other people's money

now in rebound, payback especially brutal in worthless dollars ?