Saturday, December 16, 2006

YES, VIRGINIA, WINNING MATTERS

Companies and trade groups have been contributing to more Democratic elected officials:

Boeing, Banks Give to Democratic Candidates After Election Wins
Jonathan D. Salant
Fri Dec 15, 12:10 AM ET
Bloomberg News

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- It didn't take Boeing Co. very long to realize the political landscape had been altered after the Democrats captured control of Congress.

During the campaign, the world's second-largest maker of commercial airplanes backed Republican Senator Jim Talent of Missouri with a maximum $10,000 campaign contribution from its political-action committee. Just 17 days after his defeat, the PAC wrote a $5,000 check to Claire McCaskill, the Democrat who beat him.

During the campaign, Fort Worth, Texas-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the biggest U.S. railroad by shipments, contributed $5,000 to Republican Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio; 13 days after the election, it gave $2,500 to Democratic victor Sherrod Brown.




Let's hope the Dems don't start turning away from their constituents as they receive this money.

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