Who Is Funding Your Favorite Candidate

Because there's nothing we love more then following the money.  Here is a campaign finance check-in for the 2012 presidential campaign.  Below are the top five contributors, so far, for the most popular candidates.

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BARACK OBAMA

1. Microsoft Corp. ($171,573)
2. Comcast Corp. ($113,800)
3. University of California ($107,501)
4. Harvard University ($99,975)
5. Google Inc. (95,066)

RON PAUL

1. Ron Paul for Congress Committee ($500,000)
2. US Army ($24,503)
3. US Air Force ($23,335)
4. US Navy ($17,432)
5. Mason Capital Mgmt ($14,000)

MITT ROMNEY

1. Goldman Sachs ($367,200)
2. Credit Suisse Group ($203,750)
3. Morgan Stanley ($199,800)
4. HIG Capital ($186,500)
5. Barclays ($157,750)

NEWT GINGRICH

1. Rock-Tenn Co. ($27,500)
2. Poet LLC ($20,000)
3. First Fiscal Fund ($15,000)
4. Pull-A-Part Inc ($15,000)
5. Amway/Alticor Inc ($10,000)

 Source: Center For Responsive Politics