WALL STREETERS Top Obama Re-Election Supporters. Why is it easy for Obama to fool Democrats about his Wall Street relationship?
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A just-released study by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that President Obama is relying more on Wall Street to fund his re-election this year than he did in 2008, according to CNBC, which obtained an advance copy of the report.
The report says that one-third of the money Obama's elite fund-raising corps has raised on behalf of his re-election has come from the financial sector.
"Individuals who work in the finance, insurance, and real estate sector are responsible for raising at least $11.3 million for Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee," the report says.
And, all of Obama's “bundlers” — top fundraisers who obtain donations from people and groups in their business, professional, and personal networks — have raised a minimum of $34.95 million.
Obama has even added new Wall Streeters who did not work for him in 2008, including former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine, Evercore Partners executive Charles Myers, Greenstreet Real Estate Partners CEO Steven Green, and Azita Raji, a former investment banker for JPMorgan.
Obama and the DNC combined are on pace to far exceed the amounts Obama raised from Wall Street donors in 2008, both in raw dollar amounts and as a percentage of what he raises overall.
The report says that one-third of the money Obama's elite fund-raising corps has raised on behalf of his re-election has come from the financial sector.
"Individuals who work in the finance, insurance, and real estate sector are responsible for raising at least $11.3 million for Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee," the report says.
And, all of Obama's “bundlers” — top fundraisers who obtain donations from people and groups in their business, professional, and personal networks — have raised a minimum of $34.95 million.
Obama has even added new Wall Streeters who did not work for him in 2008, including former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine, Evercore Partners executive Charles Myers, Greenstreet Real Estate Partners CEO Steven Green, and Azita Raji, a former investment banker for JPMorgan.
Obama and the DNC combined are on pace to far exceed the amounts Obama raised from Wall Street donors in 2008, both in raw dollar amounts and as a percentage of what he raises overall.
Top Opinion
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The Birdman 2012/08/22 11:23:16All of above
+9Suckers! Idiots! Kool-Aid drinkers! Blind followers! Sheep! Call them what you will, they are unable to see what is happening to them and the country, and some of them only care about their own little stake in the race, but they won't see the bus when it runs them over in the future, when it's too late to HOPE for CHANGE!
just like repubs are-
when both candidates...
have near identical donor lists...
only a dumbass...
could miss the writing on the wall-
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Think it takes a million bucks to make it into the Top 1% of American taxpayers?
Think again. In 2009, it took just $343,927 to join that elite group, according to newly released statistics from the Internal Revenue Service.
P.S. Wall Street has got some rude awakening coming. They've been getting away with a bunch of stuff. That's why they'll back Obama, because his so-called policies have allowed Wall Street to run rampant without fear of prosecution.
the rev jones talked 800 people to drink the kool aid , and they new it was poison ,
obomma got millions to drink kool aid, and all it contained is the country going bankrupt ...