Sunday, October 28, 2007
Democrats Lead in Donations From Heath Care Industry
Despite constant criticism and reform proposals from Democratic presidential candidates, Democratic candidates have raised about $6.5 million fro the Heath Care Industry. On the other hand, Republican candidates have raised only about $4.8 million. Senator Clinton, who is leading the Democrats in the finance race, received $2.7 million despite her "calls for broad changes to the health care system that could pose serious financial challenges to private insurers and other sectors of the industry. Mitt Romney, the leading Republican fundraiser, is trailing Clinton by $1.1 million from the health care industry. Does this shift towards contributing heavily to Democratic candidates symbolize the growing belief that the Democrats have a strong chance to win the White House next year, and the health care industry is trying to influence the candidates?
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If it comes down to it then the health care proposals will probably decide which Democrat, if any, will be selected as president. But I hope there are more, much more, attributing factors that will give the Republicans a strong chance.
I agree with you, and in fact I had the exact same thoughts when reading the beginning of your post. It will be interesting to see if the amount of money given to each candidate changes after the primaries.
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