Obama’s top donors:
1) Microsoft $348 K
2) DLA Piper $298 K (International lobbying firm)
3) U of California $262 K
4) Sidley Austin LLP $240 K (Lobbying firm)
5) Google $212 K
6) Harvard $195 K
7) Comcast $181 K
8) Skadden Arps, et al $154 K (Lobbying firm)
9) Morgan & Morgan $136 K
10) US Department of State $132 K
11) Time Warner $130 K
12) US Government $127 K
13) Stanford University $123 K
14) Kaiser Permanente $112 K
15) National Amusements, Inc $110 K
16) Columbia University $109 K
17) Mayer Brown, LLP $109 K (Lobbying firm)
18) Wilmerhale LLP $107 K (Lobbying firm)
19) University of Chicago $105 K
20) Jones Day $100 K (Lobbying firm)

Of Obama's Top 20 donors, 6 are lobbyists, and 5 are big liberal universities.


Romney's Top Donors:
1) Goldman Sachs $574 K --> $13 Billion in bailouts
2) Bank of America $399 K --> $15 Billion in bailouts
3) JP Morgan Chase $394 K --> $25 Billion in bailouts
4) Morgan Stanley $374 K --> $107 Billion in bailouts
5) Credit Suisse $318 K --> $500 Million in bailouts
6) Citigroup $302 K --> $25 Billion in bailouts
7) Kirkland & Ellis $249 K (Lobbying firm)
8) Barclays $229 K --> $48 Billion in bailouts
9) Pricewaterhouse/Coopers $209 K --> Wall Street accounting firm
10) Wells Fargo $205 K --> $25 Billion in bailouts
11) HIG Capital $191K
12) UBS AG $191 K --> $75 Billion in bailouts
13) Blackstone Group $183 K
14) Bain Capital $149 K
15) Marriot International $133 K
16) EMC Corp $129 K
17) Citadel Investment Group $128 K --> $1 Billion in bailouts
18) Elliot Management $118 K
19) Deloitte LLP $125 K --> Wall Street accounting firm
20) Bain & Co $123 K

Of Romney's Top 20 donors, 10 received bailout money, 12 are big Wall Street, and 2 are his former companies.


Ron Paul's Top Donors:
1) US Army $108 K
2) US Air Force $84 K
3) US Navy $84 K
4) Google $42 K
5) US Dept. of Defense $34 K
6) Microsoft $29 K
7) US Marine Corps $28 K
8) Boeing $27 K
9) IBM Corporation $27 K
10) Lockheed Martin $24 K
11) Northrop Grumman $22 K
12) Intel Corporation $21 K
13) US Government $21 K
14) Rangingwire Enterprise Solutions $20 K
15) Corriente Advisors $20 K
16) Oracle Corporation $18 K
17) Verizon $17 K
18) US Postal Service $17 K
19) FedEx Corp $16 K
20) AT&T $16 K

Of Ron Paul's top donors, 5 are active duty US military, 6 are high tech firms, and 3 are major US military suppliers.

As someone who works for one of the companies on Romney's list, I'm not sure I like what we're buying with that money...

(05-30-2012 10:40 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Of Ron Paul's top donors, 5 are active duty US military, 6 are high tech firms, and 3 are major US military suppliers.

But, but, but...Ron Paul is an isolationist foreign policy nutjob.

It's not a perfect thought process, but man I feel a bit disgusted to see government employees using tax dollars via their salary to support candidate.

Why is the US Postal Service donating money to anybody? They're broke!

(05-30-2012 11:24 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  Why is the US Postal Service donating money to anybody? They're broke!

It is USPS workers donating the money. But they're required to report their employer ... and that's how you get the USPS total.

I'm working or worked for 2 companies on Obama's list. That sucks.

(05-30-2012 11:34 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(05-30-2012 11:24 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  Why is the US Postal Service donating money to anybody? They're broke!

It is USPS workers donating the money. But they're required to report their employer ... and that's how you get the USPS total.

Thanks, was hoping it wasn't the USPS itself. I'm not extremely knowledgable on political donations.

Romney will win the election. Wall Street picks the winner. They're the kingmaker. They picked Bush and then Obama. Now they've picked Romney. Think this sounds crazy, just check out who got the most money from Wall Street the last couple elections.

If any of the big companies believed Paul had a shot at the nomination or beating Obama, they'd have given him money. They wanted to beat Obama, they backed who they thought can do that.

If that'd been Paul, your list would have had the same guys up top Romney does.

(05-30-2012 05:57 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  Romney will win the election. Wall Street picks the winner. They're the kingmaker. They picked Bush and then Obama. Now they've picked Romney. Think this sounds crazy, just check out who got the most money from Wall Street the last couple elections.

So much for the democratic process.

(05-30-2012 06:12 PM)Ninerfan1 Wrote:  If any of the big companies believed Paul had a shot at the nomination or beating Obama, they'd have given him money. They wanted to beat Obama, they backed who they thought can do that.

If that'd been Paul, your list would have had the same guys up top Romney does.

Nope, they would have given money to the candidate most likely to give them another bailout, comply with their lobbyists, and fill his cabinet with their buddies to gain preferential treatment. In a theoretical matchup between Obama and Paul, that candidate clearly isn't Paul.

GTS - what is your source for the info? Link? It's not that I don't believe the info - just wanted to peruse it.

This is pretty interesting considering that the big O got most of his biggest donations last time from Wall Street. Wonder how that works (wink and a nod) that he had one hand out for $$ and at the same time was bashing Wall Street fat cats that were funding his campaign. I also wonder now, seeing that list, if Wall St. has soured on Obama or if it is a conscious decision to not seek the Wall St. funds.

(05-30-2012 06:18 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(05-30-2012 05:57 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  Romney will win the election. Wall Street picks the winner. They're the kingmaker. They picked Bush and then Obama. Now they've picked Romney. Think this sounds crazy, just check out who got the most money from Wall Street the last couple elections.

So much for the democratic process.

Recognition of the problem is the first step on the road to recovery

(05-30-2012 06:51 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  

(05-30-2012 06:18 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(05-30-2012 05:57 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  Romney will win the election. Wall Street picks the winner. They're the kingmaker. They picked Bush and then Obama. Now they've picked Romney. Think this sounds crazy, just check out who got the most money from Wall Street the last couple elections.

So much for the democratic process.

Recognition of the problem is the first step on the road to recovery

That road is too far and is fraught with danger. We need to run.

How come GE isn't on Obama's list?

Wait. I thought all of Obama's money was in 20 dollar donations from "regular" Americans? That's what Maxi said.

(05-30-2012 06:47 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  GTS - what is your source for the info? Link? It's not that I don't believe the info - just wanted to peruse it.

OpenSecrets.org

(05-30-2012 07:25 PM)Ninerfan1 Wrote:  Wait. I thought all of Obama's money was in 20 dollar donations from "regular" Americans? That's what Maxi said.

To be fair ... 44% of Obama's money is from small donors. The same percentage as Ron Paul. To also be fair, the overwhelming majority of Obama's money comes from big time lobbying groups and the ultra-liberal .edu enclave of tenured liberal arts la la land.

(05-30-2012 05:57 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  Romney will win the election. Wall Street picks the winner. They're the kingmaker. They picked Bush and then Obama. Now they've picked Romney. Think this sounds crazy, just check out who got the most money from Wall Street the last couple elections.

Accurate.