From The American Dream:

We are never going to restore legitimacy to our political system until we get the money out of politics. Typically, in federal elections, the candidate that raises the most money wins about 90 percent of the time.
 
In 2008, Barack Obama raised almost twice as much money as John McCain did. Three of the top seven donors to Obama's campaign were big Wall Street banks (Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup). Now Wall Street is doing it again. The big Wall Street banks are already trying to buy the 2012 election.

So who do they want to win in 2012? Based on contribution patterns so far, the overwhelming favorite of the Wall Street banks to win in 2012 is...

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