Prediction: Clinton and McCain as primary candidates in ‘08
So, I made a prediction a while back that Hillary Clinton would be the main democratic candidate in the upcoming election. My reasons for this is the fact that Obama wants change - and the establishment doesn’t. That’s why it’s called the “establishment”. She also is also the only major democratic candidate that doesn’t want campaign finance reform. She’s a whore for that lobbyist cash.
However, on the republican ticket - I just wasn’t sure. None of the candidates seem to fit. Ron Paul (who I will support until the end of the election) just doesn’t have near the amount of support he needs. Mitt Romny is a creepy robot. Huckabee also doesn’t have the numbers.
But this just in:
Democrat Hillary Clinton has raised more money from lobbyists than any other presidential candidate while Republican John McCain has more of them assisting his campaign.
Clinton took in $823,087 from registered lobbyists and members of their firms in 2007 and the second-biggest recipient was McCain, who took in $416,321, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group which tracks political giving. Barack Obama, Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination, doesn’t take money from registered lobbyists, although he received $86,282 from employees of firms that lobby, according to the center.
McCain has 26 registered lobbyists as campaign advisers or fundraisers compared with 11 for Clinton and none for Obama, according to review of records compiled by Public Citizen, a Washington-based group that favors stronger disclosure laws for lobbyists. Link
Well - I guess that settles it. Clinton and McCain in ‘08. Here we go again.
