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Companies they own or control contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign, or in other words, a very, very, very small subset of the 1% who are overwhelmingly rich, white, older and male, and providing almost half of all the seed money raised to support democratic and republican presidential candidates. but the investigation found that most of that money benefits the political right. of the 158 families the "times" identified 138 families who back republicans. joining me now, nick confessore, political reporter for the "times," who spent three weeks investigating this piece. is...

Know this. we have a better understanding of who's buying political influence. just 158 families, along with companies they own or control, contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign, or in other words, a very, very, very small subset of the 1% who are overwhelmingly rich, white, older and male, and providing almost half of all the seed money raised to support democratic and republican presidential candidates. but the investigation found that most of that money benefits the political right. of the 158 families the "times" identified 138 families who back republicans. joining m...

Just 158 families along with companies they own or control contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign, or in other words, a very, very, very small subset of the 1% who are overwhelmingly rich, white, older and male, and providing almost half of all the seed money raised to support democratic and republican presidential candidates. but the investigation found that most of that money benefits the political right. of the 158 families the "times" identified 138 families who back republicans. joining me now, nick confessore, political reporter for the "times," who spent three weeks...

Obama won over male independent voters in 2008. they may be all that stands between democrats and catastrophe this fall. the democrats' support among this group has fallen to as low as 35 percent in some polls and the reasons are clear. they do not believe that obama's actions are good, the bp oil spill has hurt obama's ability to fend off charges that he's ineffective as a leader. they hope to win back votes to fight back republicans, individually and as a group. the plan is not to blame george w. bush. and we're hearing this this morning. >> bob says we have a long way to go in the economy. ...

Obama won over male independent voters in 2008. they may be all that stands between democrats and catastrophe this fall. the democrats' support among this group has fallen to as low as 35 percent in some polls and the reasons are clear. they do not believe that obama's actions are good, the bp oil spill has hurt obama's ability to fend off charges that he's ineffective as a leader. they hope to win back votes to fight back republicans, individually and as a group. the plan is not to blame george w. bush. and we're hearing this this morning. >> bob says we have a long way to go in the economy. ...