Thursday, October 20, 2011

Obama still gets more than all GOP candidates combined from banks and hedge fund employees-Wash. Post report

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Even those at Romney's former hedge fund Bain Capital gave more than twice as much to Obama than to Romney.

10/19/11, "Obama still flush with cash from financial sector despite frosty relations," Eggen, Farnam, Washington Post

"As a result, 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.

Obama’s fundraising advantage is clear in the case of Bain Capital, the Boston-based private-equity firm that was co-founded by Romney, and where the Republican made his fortune. Not surprisingly, Romney has strong support at the firm, raking in $34,000 from 18 Bain employees, according to the analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics.

But Obama has outdone Romney on his own turf, collecting $76,600 from Bain Capital employees through September — and he needed only three donors to do it."...


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