Wall St. (hearts) Obama, the NRA not so much

Published Jul 01 2008, 11:30 AM by Ian Donnis

An interesting split in presidential support, via Halperin:

Wall Street is investing heavily in Barack Obama.

Although the Democratic presidential hopeful has vowed to raise capital gains and corporate taxes, financial industry bigs have contributed almost twice as much to Obama as to GOP rival John McCain, a Daily News analysis of campaign records shows.

"Wall Street wants change and wants a curtailment in spending. It wants someone who focuses on the domestic economy," said Jim Cramer, the boisterous host of CNBC's "Mad Money."

And the NRA:

The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.

“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision] could be taken away from us in the future,” Chris Cox, head of the NRA’s political arm, told Politico.

The politically powerful gun rights group will split its message efforts between communicating with its 4 million members and the tens of millions more firearms owners across the country.

Obama also plans concerts by Christian rockers to reach wandering Republicans.

Filed Under: 2008 presidential race, Campaign finance

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3 Comments

joe bernstein said:

I agree.As an NRA member I can never trust Obama(nor the Clintons)-Giuliani was no bargain either.

The makeup of the Supreme Court is a major concern to me,because I oppose the slide towards the acceptance of international law in the internal affairs of our country.

July 1, 2008 11:20 PM
PulSamsara said:

The NRA kills our Kids - everyday.

July 2, 2008 8:38 AM
joe bernstein said:

What kills our kids is the attitude that life is cheap-reinforced daily by the same Hollywood and media phonies who whine about the NRA.

July 2, 2008 11:09 AM

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