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2011-10-20 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2011-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 However, this was in WaPo yesterday: Obama has brought in more money from employees of banks, hedge funds and other financial service companies than all of the GOP candidates combined, according to a Washington Post analysis of contribution data. The numbers show that Obama retains a persistent reservoir of support among Democratic financiers who have backed him since he was an underdog presidential candidate four years ago.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-20 01:59|| 2011-10-20 01:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama has brought in more money from employees of banks, hedge funds and other financial service companies than all of the GOP candidates combined

Only fair. He did a lot more for them.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-10-20 03:28|| 2011-10-20 03:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Not only can the Democrats have it both ways but it has become a protection racket for them

July 22, 2011: Obama campaign attracts Wall Street money, despite tensions
About a third of the money his top fundraisers have brought in this year has come from the financial sector, suggesting that strained relations with Wall Street have not hurt the presidents ability to attract donations there for his reelection campaign, according to data released Friday by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The numbers represent a notable increase from 2008, when bundlers in the investment and banking arena accounted for about 20 percent of the total brought in by top fundraisers for Obama.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-20 06:04|| 2011-10-20 06:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Dems can't have it both ways

Of course they can. The party of the KKK has demonstrated the skill and ability to blame the evils of slavery and segregation upon the Abolitionist Republicans for generations. Why shouldn't they be able to tar the middle class Republicans as the party of the rich while hauling in a landslide of 1%'ers donations.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-20 10:32|| 2011-10-20 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 In 2009 Obama told a gathering of bankers, "My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-20 13:39|| 2011-10-20 13:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Why shouldn't they be able to tar the middle class Republicans as the party of the rich while hauling in a landslide of 1%'ers donations?

Because the 1%ers aren't buying it.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-10-20 16:52|| 2011-10-20 16:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, really?

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-20 22:13|| 2011-10-20 22:13|| Front Page Top

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