Who Pulls the Strings In US Politics

I need to clean up the coding for the table below, but you can see which side of the fence was favoured by the top 100 US political donours for the period between 1989 and 2010. Notice how many groups at the very top are either labour unions or plaintiff's attorney groups -- and how much they favour their boys.

The US is heading for a showdown between the corrupt DP:Union:Attorneys coalition, and an apolitical grassroots movement that says "a pox on both houses." The anger is deeply rooted, and the villains are beginning to lose their protective big media smokescreen.

Heavy Hitters

Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010

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All cycles2010 cycle

Rank	Organization	Total '89-'09	Dem %	Repub %	Tilt
1	AT&T Inc	$44,214,960	44%	55%
2	American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees	$41,941,811	98%	1%
3	National Assn of Realtors	$35,595,518	48%	51%
4	Goldman Sachs	$31,437,825	64%	35%
5	American Assn for Justice	$31,424,029	90%	9%
6	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$31,407,507	97%	2%
7	National Education Assn	$30,097,067	92%	6%
8	Laborers Union	$28,978,400	92%	7%
9	Service Employees International Union	$27,933,232	95%	3%
10	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$27,767,683	89%	10%
11	Teamsters Union	$27,728,124	92%	6%
12	Citigroup Inc	$27,101,058	50%	49%
13	Communications Workers of America	$27,025,396	99%	0%
14	American Federation of Teachers	$26,282,491	98%	0%
15	American Medical Assn	$26,282,446	39%	60%
16	United Auto Workers	$25,774,502	98%	0%
17	Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union	$25,105,777	98%	0%
18	National Auto Dealers Assn	$24,344,808	32%	67%
19	United Parcel Service	$24,183,691	36%	63%
20	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$24,123,333	98%	1%
21	American Bankers Assn	$22,414,966	41%	58%
22	National Assn of Home Builders	$21,864,655	36%	63%
23	EMILY's List	$21,239,168	99%	0%
24	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$21,038,345	32%	67%
25	Time Warner	$20,041,510	71%	27%
26	Microsoft Corp	$19,980,556	53%	46%
27	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$19,886,970	51%	48%
28	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$19,404,534	88%	11%
29	Verizon Communications	$18,609,602	40%	58%
30	Morgan Stanley	$18,535,079	46%	53%
31	Lockheed Martin	$18,365,247	42%	56%
32	AFL-CIO	$18,168,572	95%	4%
33	FedEx Corp	$17,985,166	40%	59%
34	General Electric	$17,938,619	51%	48%
35	National Rifle Assn	$17,303,096	17%	82%
36	Credit Union National Assn	$17,264,864	48%	51%
37	Bank of America	$17,061,688	47%	52%
38	Ernst & Young	$17,057,236	44%	55%
39	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$17,027,913	97%	2%
40	Pfizer Inc	$16,536,082	30%	69%
41	American Dental Assn	$16,497,704	46%	53%
42	American Hospital Assn	$16,489,780	53%	46%
43	Operating Engineers Union	$16,344,300	85%	14%
44	Plumbers & Pipefitters Union	$16,329,611	94%	5%
45	Blue Cross/Blue Shield	$16,246,818	40%	59%
46	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$15,959,643	82%	17%
47	Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu	$15,949,770	35%	64%
48	Air Line Pilots Assn	$15,698,527	84%	15%
49	PricewaterhouseCoopers	$15,464,093	36%	62%
50	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$15,071,355	42%	56%
51	AFLAC Inc	$14,855,519	44%	55%
52	Merrill Lynch	$14,334,930	37%	61%
53	Union Pacific Corp	$14,288,198	24%	75%
54	Boeing Co	$14,049,732	47%	52%
55	United Transportation Union	$13,636,195	88%	10%
56	United Steelworkers	$13,608,751	99%	0%
57	Reynolds American	$13,358,527	24%	75%
58	Ironworkers Union	$13,201,675	92%	7%
59	BellSouth Corp	$12,993,782	45%	54%
60	American Institute of CPAs	$12,900,912	42%	57%
61	Credit Suisse Group	$12,420,840	44%	54%
62	American Postal Workers Union	$12,004,473	95%	4%
63	National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$11,990,071	52%	47%
64	General Dynamics	$11,729,034	46%	52%
65	American Financial Group	$11,444,325	18%	81%
66	GlaxoSmithKline	$11,111,494	29%	70%
67	Walt Disney Co	$10,968,148	67%	32%
68	Chevron	$10,957,104	24%	75%
69	Altria Group	$10,933,451	39%	60%
70	Exxon Mobil	$10,663,973	14%	85%
71	Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn	$10,496,000	77%	22%
72	MBNA Corp	$10,059,006	17%	82%
73	Human Rights Campaign	$9,954,629	90%	9%
74	UST Inc	$9,938,811	21%	78%
75	Freddie Mac	$9,871,740	43%	56%
76	AIG	$9,772,662	50%	49%
77	National Restaurant Assn	$9,738,145	16%	83%
78	Southern Co	$9,716,044	31%	68%
79	Prudential Financial	$9,502,999	48%	51%
80	MetLife Inc	$9,502,692	55%	44%
81	American Academy of Ophthalmology	$9,383,538	52%	47%
82	National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare	$9,237,499	80%	19%
83	Eli Lilly & Co	$9,139,434	29%	70%
84	CSX Corp	$9,088,029	31%	68%
85	Associated General Contractors	$8,884,941	14%	85%
86	American Maritime Officers	$8,855,221	46%	53%
87	Amway/Alticor Inc	$8,823,801	0%	99%
88	National Cmte for an Effective Congress	$8,707,940	99%	0%
89	General Motors	$8,540,295	37%	62%
90	Archer Daniels Midland	$8,304,114	43%	56%
91	Seafarers International Union	$8,277,644	84%	14%
92	American Airlines	$8,153,035	47%	52%
93	MCI Inc	$8,093,472	46%	53%
94	American Council of Life Insurers	$7,665,504	37%	62%
95	Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn	$7,435,127	74%	25%
96	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$7,273,862	21%	77%
97	Enron Corp	$6,581,657	28%	71%
98	Andersen	$6,253,477	37%	62%
99	BP	$6,129,204	28%	70%
100	Vivendi	$4,508,740	66%	32%

Based on data released by the FEC on January 10, 2010.

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