If you read the stories in The Wall Street Journal last week or The New York Times this week about campaign contributions from financial companies, you might
“„“If the president doesn’t become a little more balanced and centrist in his approach, then he will likely lose that support [of financial companies].”
“„Through the first nine months of 2009, about 54% of donations from Bank of America Corp.’s political action committee and employees went to Republicans, according to campaign-finance data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. That was a switch from the 2008 campaign, when 56% of the company’s donations went to Democrats.