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Wall Street ditches Obama, backs Romney [1]

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Submitted by will on Mon, 09/03/2012 - 19:50

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned -- but what about a Wall Street titan?

Deep-pocketed financiers have abandoned President Obama and are flocking to Mitt Romney in droves, providing more donations to his campaign than any other industry except retired workers. (And that's not really an industry.)

Individuals who work in the securities and investment industry have given the Romney campaign $8.5 million through the end of April, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics [2].

Over the same time period, Obama has brought in only $3 million from securities and investment workers, and the industry is only the campaign's fifth largest source of funds.

Full Story... (CNN) [3]


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[2] http://www.opensecrets.org/index.php
[3] http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/29/news/economy/romney-obama-wall-street/index.htm