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Originally Posted by Snestorm
Funding "both" sides?
Sounds like a big part of USA's two party illusion.
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Indeed. Looks like GS was hedging their bets - they gave $230,000 to McCain's campaign as well:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/co...&cid=n00006424
Actually, comparing the lists for both major candidates shows a lot of overlap
Top contributors for Obama
University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Top Contributors for McCain
Merrill Lynch $373,595
Citigroup Inc $322,051
Morgan Stanley $273,452
Goldman Sachs $230,095
JPMorgan Chase & Co $228,107
US Government $208,379
AT&T Inc $201,438