Campaign Finance

For the first time ever in U.S. history, the candidates for president have raised more than $1 billion.

Here's a list of the top donors to Obama and McCain. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners.

Obama
University of California $909,283
Goldman Sachs $874,207
Harvard University $717,230
Microsoft Corp $714,108
Google Inc $701,099
In total- and according to opensecrets.org- the Obama campaign has raised $639,174,281.

McCain
Merrill Lynch $359,070
Citigroup Inc $296,151
Morgan Stanley $262,777
Goldman Sachs $228,695
JPMorgan Chase & Co $215,042
The McCain campain has raised a total of $360,167,823.

It all seems a little ridiculous given the fact that we're in an economic depression...