Ezra Klein calls Bullshit on Hillary being 2nd highest recipient of Healtcare Ind. $$$.

[SaveElmer]

How Much Money Does Hillary Take?

Okay, I've long repeated the New York Times' finding that Hillary Clinton was Congress's second-largest recipient of health industry money. According to Media Matters, that report was bullshit:

the number includes donations from individual health care professionals, such as nurses and doctors, and neither Thrush nor the Times noted that if only health care political action committee (PAC) donations were considered -- that is, donations from the actual health care "industry" -- Clinton drops off the list of top 25 congressional recipients of health care industry money entirely.<...>

According to an updated Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) analysis of Clinton's campaign contributions -- which includes the contributions Clinton received for the entire 2006 cycle -- if contributions from individuals who are employed in the health care sector are excluded, Clinton would not even make the list of the top 25 congressional recipients of contributions from the health care industry for the 2006 election cycle. It is only when contributions from individuals are included that Clinton jumps to second place. This information and these rankings are updated on a quarterly basis by the CRP.

So it appears that that funding was an artifact of Clinton simply raising a lot more money than anyone else, and a certain number of rich people who donate to her are...doctors. The folks you'd worry about largely operate through PACs. Good to know.

http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/2007/09/how-much-money-.html

[MadHound]

1. LOL, split those hairs, and spin, spin, spin

Geez, I suppose that you've never heard of bundling or other such corporate tactics to build up the numbers of "individual" donors. Hell, Bush perfected this tactic and Hillary has simply nicked it to use in her own campaign in order that it can be spun that she's the "people's candidate" and not under the thumb of her corporate masters:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

2. Sigh. You still haven't learned. Nothing good can be said about Clinton...

... DUers are NOT simply making shit up about her, or holding her to absurdly higher standards than they do other Democrats.

They will break you.

:rofl:

[Bitwit1234]

3. Bull real supporters of democratic candidates

can tell that other candidate's supporters are just trying everything they can to knock Hillary down and bring their candidate up.

I can't understand why they don't realize ever bash of Hillary every spin of Hillary makes their own candidate look petty in comparison. It really makes these people look just like the mud slinging, slime spewing republicans.

It does not help their candidate and I am sure that if THEIR candidate knew what slime spinning posts they are resorting to, they would be outraged.