Miffed at Obama, Wall St. Closes Wallet to Democrats

As President Obama pushes for tighter regulation of the financial industry, offended Wall Street donors are shifting ever more money to the Republicans. Obama's financial ties helped him pull in record Wall Street donations in 2008; now his policy proposals and anti-fat-cat rhetoric have the industry grumbling that "even if you are a big fan, when you are the piñata at the party, it doesn’t really feel good," as one Wall Street Democrat tells the New York Times.



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Case in point: JPMorgan Chase, whose top execs are Obama allies, has given $30,000 to Republican campaigns while largely rebuffing Democrats. “I just don’t know how long you can expect people to contribute money to a political party whose main plank of their platform is to punish you,” said a GOP senator who has recently courted Wall Street donations.