In case you’re wondering, that’s a whole lot of cash. My latest for Raw Story:
While some sunlight has been shed on the hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to influence the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill, little attention has been focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack Obama while he was a candidate in 2008.
A new figure, based on an exclusive analysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics, shows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the healthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times the amount of his presidential rival John McCain. McCain took in $7,758,289, the Center found. [...]
Gary Jacobson, a campaign finance expert and political science professor at the University of California, San Diego, says the healthcare industry saw the writing on the wall and sought to “protect their interests.”
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At least he can’t be bought off. Too bad. This seems to be the perfect example of why sometimes lobbyists can actually help us when Republicans are in charge. See http://rightwingagenda.blogspot.com/
Sad how the well-being of the entire country hinges on election law.