Local Billionaire Ponies up Cash for Obama
August 15th, 2008 by SBG
In what can only be described as a surprise to me, Twins owner Carl Pohlad
has been backing presumptive Democratic candidate for president Barack Obama.
Pohlad, the banker, investor and Twins owner, and his family have contributed or bundled as much as $217,000 for Obama, Politico reported.
Overall, guys like Pohlad tend to back Republicans. I wonder why Pohlad has been backing my guy, but I'm not going to complain. I might even have to buy myself a new Twins hat to celebrate. Go Twins!
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Jeff A replied on August 16, 2008 at 6:17:37 am
I know the perception is that the wealthy are all Republicans, but I'm not sure that's a fact. It may be a majority, I don't know, but there are still quite a number of wealthy Democrats. This is not nearly as surprising as you might think.
Algonad replied on August 16, 2008 at 8:54:28 am
Exhibit A = Hollywood