REMEMBER YOUR VOW TO US!

Well all three remaining presidential candidates have promised not to take special interest money and not to be influenced by special interests. So as of April 1 here is what they have not done. A special thanks to the opensecrets.org group and their Center for Responsive Government for posting the federal campaign reports of the candidates.

Barack Obama Total Raised $193,600,733 Total Spent $154,767,643 Cash on Hand $38,833,089 Debts $625,058.

Hillary Clinton Total Raised $169,003,120 Total Spent $135,828,257 Cash on Hand $33.174,862 Debts $8,733,609.

John McCain Total Raised $64,654,539 Total Spent $56,657,944 Cash on Hand $7,996,595 Debts $4,340,981.
BARACK OBAMA (D)

Top Industries
1 Lawyers/Law Firms $13,341,673
2 Misc Business $10,261,541
3 Retired $9,058,652
4 Securities & Investment $6,715,680
5 Education $5,069,186
6 Real Estate $3,429,506
7 Business Services $2,942,591
8 TV/Movies/Music $2,938,164
9 Misc Finance $2,241,483
10 Health Professionals $2,229,996
11 Computers/Internet $2,188,950
12 Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,819,978
13 Commercial Banks $1,366,708
14 Printing & Publishing $1,339,692
15 Non-Profit Institutions $782,689
16 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $732,557
17 Other $699,717
18 Insurance $695,587
19 Construction Services $607,996
20 Retail Sales $558,015

BARACK OBAMA (D)

Top Contributors
Goldman Sachs $522,228
UBS AG $327,302
JP Morgan Chase & Co. $316,892
Lehman Brothers $302,697
National Amusements Inc $293,022
Citigroup, Inc. $290,146
University of California $275,046
Sidley Austin LLP $271,857
Harvard University $264,941
Google Inc $259,010
Skadden, Arps et al $248,743
Exelon Corp $227,661
Morgan Stanley $225,976
Time Warner $221,878
Jones Day $212,525
Latham & Watkins $187,208
Kirkland & Ellis $181,976
University of Chicago $179,147
Citadel Investment Group $175,900
Micrcosoft Corp $167,990

HILLARY CLINTON (D)

Top Industries
1 Lawyers/Law Firms $14,528,397
2 Misc Business $7,049,878
3 Retired $6,797,545
4 Securities & Investment $6,595,700
5 Real Estate $5,708,664
6 Business Services $3,678,060
7 Education $3,259,386
8 TV/Movies/Music $2,940,867
9 Health Professionals $2,613,779
10 Misc Finance $2,331,271
11 Computers/Internet $1,701,717
12 Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,637,316
13 Commercial Banks $1,367,684
14 Printing & Publishing $1,167,628
15 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $1,000,738
16 Accountants $966,834
17 Insurance $911,256
18 Lobbyists $880,790
19 Retail Sales $870,848
20 Non-Profit Institutions $858,852

HILLARY CLINTON (D)

Top Contributors
DLA Piper $495,550
Goldman Sachs $440,300
Morgan Stanley $385,420
Citigroup, Inc $383,852
EMILY's List $323,242
Lehman Brothers $264,610
JP Morgan Chase & Co. $258,120
National Amusements Inc $227,800
Skadden, Arps et al $218,485
Greenberg Traurig LLP $191,100
Kirkland & Ellis $186,551
Pricewaterhouse Coopers $185,000
University of California $184,617
Time Warner $182,150
Microsoft Corp $175,419
Merrill Lynch $172,900
Ernest & Young $157,575
Latham & Watkins $155,088
Bear Stearns $152,090
Cablevision Systems $148,263

JOHN MCCAIN (R) At present John is so far behind we will give him a chance to catch up. Of course he also has similar contributors so he better keep his pledge as well. Keep an eye on the campaign debts with both Hillary and John in the millions of dollars. Also keep an eye on the incredible amount of contributions from the financial sector including investment banks, commercial banks, etc., the same groups now being investigated by Congress and the Justice Department.