Just read a post accusing Obama of being bought and paid for. Thought I'd research both campaigns' top 10 to see who's buying whom.

McCain:


1. Merrill Lynch $230,310
BANKING
2. Citigroup Inc. $219,551
BANKING
3. Blank Rome LLP $189,226
LAW
4. Greenberg Traurig LLP $157,487
LAW
5. AT&T Inc. $153,005
COMMUNICATIONS
6. Goldman Sachs $139,520
BANKING
7. Morgan Stanley $136,651
BANKING
8. JPMorgan Chase & Co. $129,400
BANKING
9. Credit Suisse Group $110,725
BANKING
10. Lehman Brothers $96,050
BANKING

DOMINANT INDUSTRY: BANKING (7/10)

Barack Obama:

1. Goldman Sachs - $571,330
BANKING
2. University of California - $437,236
EDUCATION
3. UBS AG - $364,806
BANKING
4. JPMorgan Chase & Co - $362,207
BANKING
5. Citigroup Inc - $358,054
BANKING
6. National Amusements Inc - $320,750
ENTERTAINMENT
7. Lehman Brothers - $318, 647
BANKING
8. Google Inc - $309,514
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/SERVICES
9. Harvard University - $309,025
EDUCATION
10. Sidley Austin LLP - $294,245
LAW

DOMINANT INDUSTRY: BANKING (5/10)

REPEATING DONORS (McCain-Obama):

CITIGROUP (2-5)
GOLDMAN SACHS (6-1)
JP MORGAN-CHASE (8-4)
LEHMAN BROTHERS (10-7)

INDUSTRY SHARED BY REPEATING DONORS:

BANKING

Interesting, isn't it?

This chart may be out of date, so I encourage any more accurate information to be posted

So, according to this chart, BOTH campaigns have accepted large amounts of money from banking interests (and these are just the campaign contributions from them that we know about). Why would banks want to give so much money to these campaigns? And, more importantly, why are they hedging their bets, as it were.

Oh I'm about 80% sure the law firms that contributed were specialists in business law.
JakeMartinez Reviewed by JakeMartinez on . Top 10 campaign contributors, McCain and Obama Just read a post accusing Obama of being bought and paid for. Thought I'd research both campaigns' top 10 to see who's buying whom. McCain: 1. Merrill Lynch $230,310 BANKING 2. Citigroup Inc. $219,551 BANKING 3. Blank Rome LLP $189,226 Rating: 5