Belt Auction

There are 177 lobbyist working in the McCain campiagn; does that concern you about his policies?

Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York Life, MassMutual, VISA Rebecca Anderson: Aegon, American Council of Life Insurers, Cigna, Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC Stanton Anderson: The Debt Exchange David Beightol: Allstate, Amerigroup, Charles Schwab, HSBC Rhonda Bentz: VISA Wayne Berman: American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, Americhoice, Shinsei Bank, Blackstone, Carlyle Group, Broidy Capital Management, Credit Suisse Securities, Highstar Capital, VISA, Ameriquest Mortgage, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Fitch Ratings Charlie Black: JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, National Association of Mortgage Brokers Judy Black: Colorado Credit Union League, Genworth Financial, Bay Harbour Management, Merrill Lynch Kirk Blalock: Credit Union National Association, Financial Executives International, American Insurance Association, Mutual of Omaha, Zurich Financial Service Group, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Carlos Bonilla: Financial Services Roundtable, Freddie Mac Christine Burgeson: Citigroup Mark Buse: Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Nicholas Calio: Citigroup, Managed Fund Association, Fannie Mae, Merrill Lynch, The Investment Company Institute, TIAA-CRE, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Amscot Financial Corporation, Community Financial Services Association, Fidelity National Financial Andrew Cantor: American Insurance Association, Merrill Lynch Alberto Cardenas: Fannie Mae James Courter: Goldman Sachs, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Investment Company Institute, Merrill Lynch David Crane: Financial Services Roundtable, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Association of Corporate Credit Unions, Freddie Mac Dan Crippen: Merrill Lynch, National Multi-Housing Council Arthur Culvahouse: Fannie Mae Bryan Cunningham: Arch Capital Group Alfonse D'Amato: AIG, Freddie Mac Doug Davenport: Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Goldman Sachs, VISA Ashley Davis: Prudential Financial, American Financial Group, American Premier Underwriters, Great American Insurance Company Mimi Dawson: MassMutual Melissa Edwards: Freddie Mac, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Access to Capital Coalition Chris Fidler: American Bankers Association, Milcom Venture Partners, National Association Real Estate Investment Trusts Samuel Geduldig: American Bankers Association, American Institute of CPAs, America Gains, Berkshire Hathaway, Consumer Bankers Association, Ernst & Young, Financial Services Roundtable, Investment Company Institute, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Prudential Financial, Sovereign Investment Council, Fidelity Investments, FMR Corp. Benjamin Ginsberg: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, AIG Technical Services David Girard-Dicarlo: American Financial Group, American Premier Underwriters Juleanna Glover Weiss: RJI Capital, American Institute of CPAs, BNP Paribas, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Slade Gorton: Allstate Insurance, Hannan Armstrong Capital Phil Gramm: UBS Americas John Green: Laredo National Bank, Alternative Investment Management Association, AIG, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Fannie Mae, Icahn Associates, FMR Corp., AFLAC, VISA Janet Grissom: American Institute of CPAs, NYSE, Merrill Lynch Kristen Gullott: San Diego Credit Union Kent Hance: Stanford Financial Group, Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc. http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/09/9753_mccain_campaign_lobbyists_wall_street_aig.html

Public Comments

1. No. As long as he's not friends with terrorists, then I'm good.
2. McCain has already lost the Whitehouse. He is as irrelevent as his pitbull with lipstick. And Republicans may not get the Whitehouse back until 2016-2020 after what they have done.
3. obama received the 2nd highest amount of money from fannie mae and freddie mac. does that worry you?
4. Tell us how many have been the employment by Barrack. I know the countrywide guy and one of those losers from Freddie Mac got thrown under the bus. pls get back to us on that I do know that the cheif strategist guy David Axelrod was a lobbyist for the Nuclear Power company Acela.
5. Is it any wonder McCain didn't push the Fannie/Freddie reform bill he cosponsored in 2005. Look who was in charge of Fannie's purse strings then and where they are now. Aquiles Suarez, listed as an economic adviser to the McCain campaign in a July 2007 McCain press release, was formerly the director of government and industry relations for Fannie Mae. The Senate Lobbying Database says Suarez oversaw the lending giant's $47,510,000 lobbying campaign from 2003 to 2006
6. And he lies about it with such a face.
7. No, as long as none of them tried to MURDER other people.
8. Hey!!!! 2Independents- McCain, John S AZ R $21,550 $0 $21,550 that is what McCain received from Fannie Mae. He speaks as if he never received money from them... Explain that to me.
9. they all have lobbyists
10. No, Not as much as a socialist, communist, marxist, being in the whitehouse. Thank you for asking!
11. By the looks of your list these people are all campaign workers and have worked for major companies they are not Lobbyists as you call them.Nice try now go take a look at who is working and Donating to the Obama campaign.
12. He is the perfect puppet for Corporate America. His allegiances will not be for the voting public. Take heed.