Where does it come from? The money to run for president--Open Secrets gives us the skinny on the top ten contributors to the 2008 presidential contenders through the second reporting quarter:
Democrats
Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Donors: DLA Piper $293,400, Citigroup Inc $160,500, EMILY's List $138,953, Skadden, Arps et al $134,960, Goldman Sachs $134,050, Cablevision Systems $116,575, Kirkland & Ellis $116,550, Morgan Stanley $113,700,
Viacom Inc $102,500, and Greenberg Traurig LLP $100,200
Barack Obama's Top 10 Donors: Goldman Sachs $311,228, Lehman Brothers $226,550, Exelon Corp $189,350, Sidley Austin LLP $187,750, Citadel Investment Group $168,650, JP Morgan Chase & Co $156,580, Citigroup Inc $152,750, UBS AG $136,000, Jones, Day et al $133,325, and Skadden, Arps et al $112,650
John Edward's Top 10 Donors: ActBlue $1,651,027, Fortress Investment Group $187,850, Stearns, Weaver et al $94,700, Lerach, Coughlin et al $91,850, Goldman Sachs $77,400, Beasley, Allen et al $61,400, Watts Law Firm $61,000, Skadden, Arps et al $55,200, Whitten, Nelson et al $52,300, and Deutsche Bank North America $48,100
Bill Richardson's Top 10 Donors: State of New Mexico $277,230, ActBlue $239,635, American Income Life Insurance $36,600, University of New Mexico $31,950, Sutin, Thayer & Browne $31,365, Bgk Group $27,500, Forest City Enterprises $22,400,
Brownstein, Hyatt et al $20,950, National Recreation Properties $20,700, and Qwest Communications $20,600
Chris Dodd's Top 10 Donors: SAC Capital Advisors $344,100, Citigroup Inc $147,050,
United Technologies $137,250, Royal Bank of Scotland $121,950, Bear Stearns $120,350, Goldman Sachs $99,000, St Paul Travelers Companies $98,800, The Hartford $93,700, American International Group $81,800, and Merrill Lynch $73,400
Joe Biden's Top 10 Donors: Simmons Cooper LLC $62,200, Pachulski, Stang et al $39,000, Cooney & Conway $38,500, Weitz & Luxenberg $36,800, Weil, Gotshal & Manges $34,200, Bank of America $33,200, Broadway Partners $29,900, Adler Group $28,250, Skadden, Arps et al $27,325, Boies, Schiller & Flexner $26,800, and Kasowitz, Benson et al $25,700
Dennis Kucinich's Top 10 Donors: Institute For Democracy Studies $6,300, Krasner Law Office $4,200, Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $2,500, Larry Flynt Publications $2,300, Swig, Weiler & Arnow $2,300, Joyce $2,300, Conval School District $2,300, Kayline Enterprises $2,300, Free Reign $2,300, and Shirley Bogs Estate $2,100
Mike Gravel's Top 10 Donors: Decode Biostructures $2,008, Ogim $1,000, Ccg $1,000, Urburn Univiersity $1,000, Worldwide Media $1,000, VOTEC Corp $1,000, Apple Inc $1,000, Witness for Peace $1,000, Whole Foods Market $580, and Harry Jones Co $500
Republicans
Mitt Romney's Top 10 Donors : Goldman Sachs $175,975, Merrill Lynch $124,250, MarriotInternational $113,050, Bain Capital $107,600, Bain & Co $99,400, Morgan Stanley $91,800, Kirkland & Ellis $84,100, Citigroup Inc $75,100, Compuware Corp $73,650, and Hig Capital $71,175
Rudy Guiliani's Top 10 Donors: Elliott Management $225,850, Ernst & Young $213,500, Credit Suisse Group $151,800, Bear Stearns $136,791, Merrill Lynch $124,200, Lehman Brothers $123,850, Citigroup Inc $103,250, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $91,425, Bracewell & Giuliani $91,100, and Station Casinos $88,300
John McCain's Top 10 Donors : Blank Rome LLP $138,600, Citigroup Inc $113,250, Greenberg Traurig LLP $113,037, Merrill Lynch $107,475, Univision Communications $79,500, MGM Mirage $74,000, IDT Corp $72,150, Goldman Sachs $71,050, Irvine Co Apartment Community $69,400, and Bank of New York Mellon $69,000
Sam Brownback's Top 10 Donors: Koch Industries $23,600, Watco Companies $17,100, Omega Advisors $14,300, Martins Famous Pastry Shoppe $13,800, Murray Energy $7,500, Lario Enterprises $6,700, VGX Pharmaceuticals $6,700, David Stanley Consultants $6,000, Lario Oil & Gas $4,900, Wareing, and Athon & Co $4,700
Ron Paul's Top 10 Donors: Huffines Communities $9,700, US Navy $6,405, US Army $6,350, Microsoft Corp $4,906, US Air Force $4,800, Dunn Capital Management $4,600, Packaged Concrete $4,600, City of Providenct Ri $4,600, Andres Re $4,600, and Geocapital Partners/Equity Mgmt Assoc $4,600
Tom Tancredo's Top 10 Donors: Nussknacker Haus $7,600, US Immigration Reform PAC $5,000, Droste Design & Development $4,400, Millennium Ranch $3,100, Boeing Co $2,801, D&S Printing $2,800, Shore Water $2,300, General Motors $2,300, Omni Anesthesia Assoc $2,300, and Evergreen Analytical $2,300
Duncan Hunter's Top 10 Donors: Milliken & Co $13,850, Maxor Pharmacies $10,200, Trex Enterprises $7,150, Downey Financial Corp $6,900, Dupont Aerospace $6,300, General Atomics $6,000, RA Capital Advisors $5,600, SAXPAC $5,000, Contran Corp $5,000, and McMillin Companies $4,850
Mike Huckabee's Top 10 Donors: Stephens Inc $25,250, Stephen's Group $11,500, State of Arkansas $10,750, First Tape & Label $9,200, Challenger Inc $9,200, Wal-Mart Stores $8,050, Life Outreach International $8,000, Grubbs Infiniti $6,900, Mt Vernon Investments $6,600, and Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Interestingly, Open Secrets points out that all but 1% of campaign contributions come from individuals. It would be interesting to know who the top 99% of individual contributors work for.
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