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To: i-node who wrote (686828)	12/1/2012 5:40:49 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579924

"....gathering up huge donations, that isn't a "moneyed interest?"" It would seem to me that he'd be more "moneyed interest" in that case.

To: i-node who wrote (686828)	12/2/2012 2:30:46 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579924

Read it and weep, Dave. It was banksters that funded Romney. Plain folks and liberal tech corps funded Obama: dailykos.com

To: i-node who wrote (686828)	12/2/2012 12:59:50 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579924

No. The term means those with money and an interest in seeing certain legislation passed that benefits them. Like when the House was debating legislation that affected the tobacco industry and gave Boehner a stack of checks to hand out on the floor of the House. The need for money in a campaign is causing all kinds of problems. Like the bundlers. But, at least we know who the bundlers for Obama were. Romney refused to release that information...