Just an FYI. From Open Secrets Obama's top contributors;
2008 : Contributor //Total
University of California //$1,392,675
Goldman Sachs //$1,035,095
Harvard University //$831,110
Microsoft Corp //$809,799
Google Inc //$796,564
JPMorgan Chase & Co //$700,808
Citigroup Inc //$681,318
Sidley Austin LLP //$604,938
University of Chicago//$599,089
Stanford University //$584,904
Skadden, Arps et al //$564,345
Time Warner //$540,051
UBS AG //$529,869
IBM Corp //$525,857
WilmerHale //$525,792
Morgan Stanley //$513,623
Columbia University //$507,316
National Amusements Inc //$506,751
Kirkland & Ellis //$501,335
US Government //$482,956
2006 Contributor //Total
University of Chicago //$156,054
Kirkland & Ellis //$143,138
Henry Crown & Co //$79,500
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal //$74,950
Northwestern University //$72,930
Exelon Corp //$71,850
Sidley, Austin et al //$71,432
Mayer Brown //$69,960
Jenner & Block //$62,710
Soros Fund Management //$61,605
Goldman Sachs //$61,500
Clifford Law Offices //$59,550
Simmons Cooper LLC //$58,500
Tejas Securities //$57,250
JP Morgan Chase & Co //$56,600
Ariel Capital Management //$55,650
Skadden, Arps et al //$54,071
Winston & Strawn //$52,450
Piper Rudnick LLP //$45,600
Holland Capital Management //$43,350
There's a lot of financial institutions in those contributor lists. I'm just saying...
Also a surprising number of universities in 2008
ReplyDeleteNot all that suprising about the universities - the are over run with liberals. Same with the law firms. None of it is that surprising, really, just revealing.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind those numbers are made by employees of those institutions. The US Govt. for example, is comprised of government workers individual contributions.