Sports Owners Put Their Money on McCain

GOP candidate raising far more than Obama from team honchos

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 15, 2008 5:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hollywood money may be filling Barack Obama’s coffers, but sports-owners’ cash is overwhelmingly going to John McCain. The presumptive GOP nominee has raked in $3.2 million raised or donated by sports owners, while Obama has drummed up only $615,000, Politico reports. Even... Read full story »

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