Military Donors Back Ron Paul & Obama
The Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign cash, looks at the 2007 money-raising and finds the following:
In 2007, the 2008 presidential candidates raised $582.5 million and spent $481.2 million.
In the 4th quarter of 2007, individuals in the Army, Navy and Air Force made those branches of the armed services the No. 13, No. 18 and No. 21, contributing industries, respectively. War opponent Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, received the most from donors in the military, collecting at least $212,000 from them. Another war opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, was second with about $94,000.
Soldiers love Ron and Barack, and lobbyists love Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the No. 1 recipient of lobbyist cash, receiving $823,000 in 2007 from the lobbying industry, which gave about $2.7 million overall.
Comments
Posted by: Chad
Posted on: February 4, 2008 10:32 PM
If it comes down to McCain/Romney... I hope that you would get your support behind Romney. He is the most viable economic libertarian candidate. If McCain gets it... the party has left the both of us. Help steer the ship back on course!
Posted by: James (Author)
Posted on: February 4, 2008 11:43 PM
But will Romney continue to fund the industrial/military machine? Can we truly afford to keep hundreds of military bases staged around the globe?
Bush's 2009 budget projects a $400 billion deficit. About the same for 2010. It is still incredulous for Bush to say he can still balance the budget by 2012, of course, he will be long gone from office. During his terms in office, he has oversee a budget going over $2 trillion, and now $3 trillion.