[lbo-talk] Caldwell on Dean

[Nathan Newman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Labor's only a smallish part of the Dem whole. It's exceeded by
>finance and communications, and given a run for its money by
>lawyers/lobbyists. See
><http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/sector.asp?Cmte=DPC&cycle=2002>
>for the breakdown.

But if you look at the $1 million checks-- the ones discussed by Caldwell-- 
a far larger percentage comes from Dems. See
http://www.opensecrets.org/softmoney/softtop.asp?txtCycle=2002&txtSort=amnt

Ten out of thirty-four $1million plus checks given to the Dems were from
labor unions.  Trial lawyer firms make up a chunk of the rest.  And frankly,
the labor money is undercounted in reality since unions spend a lot that
never gets counted.

-- Nathan Newman