Clinton Wins! She got the most lobbyist campaign money, nearly doubles second-place McCain

[TeamJordan23]

Clinton Gets Most Lobbyist Money

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Hillary Clinton has raised more money from lobbyists than any other presidential candidate while Republican John McCain has more of them assisting his campaign.

Clinton took in $823,087 from registered lobbyists and members of their firms in 2007 and the second-biggest recipient was McCain, who took in $416,321, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group which tracks political giving. Barack Obama, Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination, doesn't take money from registered lobbyists, although he received $86,282 from employees of firms that lobby, according to the center.

McCain has 26 registered lobbyists as campaign advisers or fundraisers compared with 11 for Clinton and none for Obama, according to review of records compiled by Public Citizen, a Washington-based group that favors stronger disclosure laws for lobbyists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080204/pl_bloomberg/apnpwl7xnjik

[DJ13]

1. She's going to have to make the corporations more promises of untaxed riches

She's falling way behind in money.

[neutron]

3. Tonight is your LAST night of Clinton Sliming

You've been shoveling out this crap for months.
When your candidate is toasted tomorrow, what are you going
to do with the rest of your life?

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. Is objecting to the corporatization of the presidency 'sliming'?

If that's the case, and she gets the nomination and, god forbid, wins the election, the sliming has just begun.

We don't need another corporatist in the WH.

[mathewsleep]

2. bling!

that really seems to help decide the winner. i better go sell my obama intrade stock.

[mathewsleep]

6. i was of course joking.

i really think she's going to loose. and loose big tomorrow. the election usually brakes for the person who's moving up in the polls right before the election.

[jackson_dem]

4. I loved Edwards question to Obama in Vegas on the issue of dough from questionable folks

"Do you think they (the drug companies that gave more money to Barack than anyone else in either party with Hillary being a close second) are interested in good government or want something in return?" Obama's answer? Basically that they wanted "change". :rofl:

[TeamJordan23]

5. I disagree with that. You cannot restrict EMPLOYEES who work for companies from donating

Just because they are an employee for say Merck. An employee is not the same thing as a lobbyist. An employee for a company does not make them a lobbyist for that company or industry.

I bet Obama recieved money who work in the marketing, finance, research, human resources for many Pharm companies.

[jackson_dem]

7. Regular employees don't write $2,300 checks

;)

Lobbyists want to advance the interest of their company. So do employees. They just aren't paid to do that full-time.

[ingac70]

8. Better check your facts...

on who receives the most money from the drug companies...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/nyregion/12donate.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[jackson_dem]

10. As Edwards said, Hillary was first in money from drug companies

Until Obama passed her.

[ingac70]

12. ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/us/politics/29health.html?ref=politics

[jackson_dem]

15. That link is also from before Obama passed Hillary in drug money

[DebraK]

11. there is a difference between money from people who work at a drug company (ie pharmacist)

and federal lobbyist money (which only hillary receives). i bet she has a lot of favors she owes to insurance companies... more ways to screw over the average america.

[jackson_dem]

16. Executives writing $2,300 checks

This goes back to Edwards' question: do you think they are interested in good government or do they want something in return?

[Thrill]

9. What is Hillary going to Change? LOL

[jackson_dem]

17. About as much (or little) as Obama?

[creeksneakers2]

13. That's $823,000 out of $115,000,000.

Or well under 1% of her donations. So those people don't own her.

Obama had a $32 million donation surge in January. I have a strong hunch Obama received that astounding sum because all the fat cats who donated to Hillary figured out she wasn't a sure thing so they hedged their bets by rushing donations to Obama too. Of course, Obama had no problem taking the money. He won't take from a lobbyist, but he'll gladly take from people with an interest in policy outcomes.