In political contributions, the oil companies still lean heavily Republican, obviously in hopes of blocking Democrat-inspired proposals to help consumers. ExxonMobil and Chevron rank second and third, respectively, among oil and gas companies and have so far made $1 million in 2008-cycle contributions, three-quarters of it going to the Republicans.
But make no mistake, they are diversifying their portfolio. Of the top 10 recipients, number five and number six are Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Republican John McCain is number two at $485,526, but his money is easily surpassed by the combined contributions of $628,419 for Clinton and Obama.
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This is an interesting story from a politically naive correspondent from the South Pacific. I'm really addressing the American audience about what they think about the above contributions. Will they persuade the next President to support the oil industry or will the new president not be bribed?