16 Day Contest pt.4: Who Can Be Fuller Of Shit, Obama or McCain?

I thought, what better time than now to run through the top 15 money donors for Obama and McCain (as of June 2008). Looking at these lists now casts a new light on recent events and possibly offers some glimpse of the future.

The dollar amounts listed are the sum of $200+ contributions from employees of these corporations or institutions given either directly or through PACs administered by these entities. Some links are provided for entities the reader may be unfamiliar with.

McCain

Merrill Lynch $226,550
Blank Rome LLP $222,050
Citigroup Inc $206,102
Greenberg Traurig LLP $173,837
AT&T Inc $149,305
Goldman Sachs $128,770
Morgan Stanley $124,951
JPMorgan Chase & Co $123,450
Credit Suisse Group $115,625
Lehman Brothers $98,400
Univision Communications $87,000
Bank of New York Mellon $86,500
Blackstone Group $86,350
IDT Corp $84,850
Wachovia Corp $84,050



Obama

Goldman Sachs $554,481
University of California $371,266
UBS AG $363,257
JPMorgan Chase & Co $353,808
Citigroup Inc $331,946
National Amusements Inc $313,511
Lehman Brothers $312,597
Google Inc $293,974
Harvard University $292,441
Sidley Austin LLP $287,795
Skadden, Arps et al $266,413
Morgan Stanley $253,576
Jones Day $245,875
Time Warner $245,828
Exelon Corp $229,861