Comments on: Politics & Money: Pharma Still Bets On Obama

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:55:58 +0000

That was then. Those big bad companies wined and dined both parties up the kazoo at their conventions. And neither major candidate has so much as whispered anything that would give the industry a twitch.

Has anyone heard otherwise?

By: Just A Thought

Just A Thought — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:22:49 +0000

I think it’s about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-cvcCeAqs

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:57:53 +0000

Jack 2 makes a key point. The reality is that, as a group, people who work in pharma are a more likely Democratic demographic than otherwise - advanced degrees, income, white-collar professionals, etc.. This is not to trade in sterotypes; just to echo what most polls suggest.

It was the “soft money” that made up much of the Republican leaning until 2006, not the contributions of individuals who work in the industry.

By: Pharma Whore

Pharma Whore — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:50:39 +0000

For years Pharma has rammed the Republican platform down our throats, it is about time that they side with “Change” and not fear of Hilary coming to get them!!!

It’s about time.

By: Jack2

Jack2 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:17:29 +0000

It also looks like some of these contributions come from individuals. There are people who work for pharma (like me) who not only don’t rank pharma as their number one political issue - they don’t even rate healthcare as their number one issue.

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:59:01 +0000

Essentially, this represents a return to the pattern pre-Gingrich “revolution,” when pharma pretty much went with whoever they thought had the best chance of winning. The changed for ten years until the Dems took the House in 2006.

By: Dan A.

Dan A. — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:49:56 +0000

My opinion as a non-political person, but it’s safe to say that those corporations with thier high affinity for the green stuff clearly lean to the right, and thier gifting in the legislature has historically indicated this premise.

Money to Obama by such entities may be to assure and aggressively form reciprocal, mutualistic relationships with Obama’s advisors to prevent another Hiliary objective that caused a bit of tachycardia with pharma back in the early 1990s.