Reply #2: Follow the GS money to Dems.

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President Obama is their million dollar baby. Don't look to Dems to bust up this octopus.

Goldman Sachs




Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street’s most prestigious investment banks, was also among the many banks in 2008 and 2009 to receive billions of dollars in taxpayer money to help it stay afloat. Like others in the securities industry, Goldman Sachs advises and invests in nearly every industry affected by federal legislation. The firm closely monitors issues including economic policy, trade and nearly all legislation that governs the financial sector. It has been a major proponent of privatizing Social Security as well as legislation that would essentially deregulate the investment banking/securities industry. The firm tends to give most of its money to Democrats. A number of high-ranking government officials in recent years have spent part of their careers at Goldman Sachs.


Cycle Total Dem Republicans % to Dems % to Repubs

2008 $5,842,471 $4,392,720 $1,439,411 75% 25%
2006 $3,502,866 $2,170,911 $1,294,005 62% 37%
2004 $6,428,438 $3,963,753 $2,446,185 62% 38%
2002 $3,513,035 $2,292,040 $1,219,995 65% 35%
2000 $4,432,977 $2,764,185 $1,662,292 62% 38%
1998 $1,938,166 $1,225,252 $683,914 63% 35%
1996 $1,816,563 $997,747 $816,316 55% 45%
1994 $1,026,235 $562,760 $462,675 55% 45%
1992 $1,660,310 $908,295 $751,515 55% 45%
1990 $717,621 $473,716 $243,905 66% 34%
TOTAL $30,878,682 $19,751,379 $11,020,213 64% 36%


The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from PACs and individuals to federal candidates and from PAC, individual and soft money donors to political parties, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. While election cycles are shown in charts as 1996, 1998, 2000 etc. they actually represent two-year periods. For example, the 2002 election cycle runs from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. NOTE: Soft money contributions were not publicly disclosed until the 1991-92 election cycle and were banned after the 2002 cycle.

Data for the current election cycle was released by the Federal Election Commission on March 02, 2009.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000085

Top Recipients

Senate Obama, Barack $983,245
Senate Clinton, Hillary $410,350
Presidential Romney, Mitt $234,275
Senate McCain, John $230,095
House Himes, Jim $150,498
Senate Dodd, Chris $110,000
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $109,450
Presidential Edwards, John $68,750
Senate Specter, Arlen $47,600
House Emanuel, Rahm $37,750

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000085




Barack Obama (D)

Top Contributors 2008



University of California $1,385,675
Goldman Sachs $980,945
Microsoft Corp $806,299
Harvard University $793,460
Google Inc $790,564
Citigroup Inc $657,268
JPMorgan Chase & Co $650,758
Stanford University $580,904
Sidley Austin LLP $574,938
Time Warner $547,951
National Amusements Inc $541,251
WilmerHale $524,292
UBS AG $522,019
IBM Corp $518,557
Skadden, Arps et al $510,274
Columbia University $503,566
Morgan Stanley $490,873
US Government $479,956
General Electric $479,454
Latham & Watkins $467,311



Top Industries of Obama Bundlers

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/bundlers.php?id=N00009638

Lawyers/Law Firms $12,600,000 97
Securities & Investment $8,250,000 61
TV/Movies/Music $3,200,000 20
Business Services $2,400,000 19
Real Estate $2,050,000 20

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/bundlers...


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