Money Interests Buying 2008 Elections


	Money Interests Buying 2008 Elections

blueridge

1-16-2008 2:51 AM

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elections, 2008 candidates, fundraising, bankers

blueridge says:

Note Romney and McCain won the Michigan primary. Ironically, the same Money Interests financing elections of "establishment" candidates are the same banks and investment firms now in trouble financially.

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