WASHINGTON (AP) — Brother, can you spare $1 million?
The significant “super” political action committees in this year’s presidential campaign on Tuesday revealed the names of their wealthy donors, a detailed accounting that underscored how millionaires and billionaires are influencing the presidential election behind the scenes.
The group supporting Mitt Romney, who swept Florida’s primary on Tuesday, identified bankers, investors and prominent businessmen who together contributed more than $30 million last year. The group’s three most generous donors gave $1 million each, or 400 times the amount they could legally give directly to Romney. All were hedge fund managers.
The pro-Romney group Restore Our Future spent much of the money it raised on ads supporting the former Massachusetts governor or fiercely attacking his rivals. The generosity among Romney’s wealthiest supporters is double-edged, since he can expect renewed criticisms from Newt Gingrich and others about his connections to
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