Obama Campaign Replaces Wall Street Defectors to Help Funding
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The high technology Internet industry and trial lawyers are helping President Barack Obama avoid a potential fundraising liability caused in part by a drop in support from his biggest 2008 industry backer: Wall Street.
Microsoft Corp. employees rank first among Obama’s business givers, taking the spot investors at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held in the 2008 presidential cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group.