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Mccain Oil Industry

Who's Getting The Oil Industry's Support? Obama Favored By Exxon Employees, McCain Raised More Oil Money

Kate Sheppard | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green


Kate Sheppard

While McCain has brought in three times more money from the oil and gas industry, Obama is the favored candidate of executives from several of the biggest companies, including ExxonMobil, according to reports from Federal Election Commission as of July 29, 2008.

Oil Industry Likes Obama -- But They Love McCain

Open Secrets | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Much has been made of Barack Obama's TV ad this week that accuses John McCain of being "in the pocket" of the oil industry, and yesterday the Democrat...

Oil Industry Floods McCain With Cash After Offshore Drilling Reversal

Washington Post | Matthew Mosk | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona mad...