President Obama says its obvious, anybody who would dare fight his Obamacare measures are on the leash of the special interests. Funny how he never mentions the special interests that he is beholden to, like the unions who were exempted from "the Cadillac tax." Or the real reason there is no tort reform, the President's ties to the Legal industry.
At Open Secrets you can pull up campaign contributions by candidate and industry. The are calculated from PAC contributions and contributions from individuals giving more than $200, as reported to the FEC. Individual contributions are generally categorized based on the donor's occupation/employer.
A look at the Federal Election Commission data from the 2008 campaign (released 7/13/09), shows that President Obama received the most cash from Lawyers/Law Firms (more than $43 million) almost 3x more than the number two candidate Hillary Clinton ($15 million), John McCain was number three he received less than a 4th of the Obama money ($9.9 million)
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The legal profession's commitment to the Democratic Party goes way beyond President Obama, as you can see below Lawyers/Law Firms donated almost $1.1 billion dollars to candidates/issues since 1990, almost 3/4 of it has been to Democratic candidates/issues
With all of that cash, its no wonder that they can push the party around. The legal profession is now warning President Obama that he better not give in to the Republicans desire for tort reform.
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