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look at this (if you haven't seen already)__Military Turns From Paul to Obama In March

By Russ Choma on April 24, 2012 5:10 PM
Lot of Links - http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/04/military-turns-from-paul-to-obama-i.html

As we pointed out earlier today, Barack Obama's top donors are largely from the legal industry, while Mitt Romney's are from finance. Until recently, the military has been a stalwart source of support for Republican hopeful Ron Paul.

But in March, it was Obama that scooped up the most support from the armed forces -- about twice as much as Paul, in fact. Romney remains an also-ran when it comes to backing from the military.

Overall, Paul retains the lead. Analysis of OpenSecrets.org data shows that so far in this election cycle, members of the military who donated more than $200 have given Paul's campaign about $333,134, versus $184,505 to Obama and just $45,738 to Romney.

But in March, Obama and Paul switched places. Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic -- only $8,630.

Paul has enjoyed wide fundraising advantages with every branch of the military so far in the cycle, outraising Obama at a rate of two-to-one; the only branch where it's close is the U.S. Coast Guard, whose members have sent Paul $13,569, and Obama $11,752, while Romney's received nothing. But in March, for each branch, the numbers flipped in the president's favor. For instance, Obama has been the runner-up to Paul during the current cycle for the affections of the Army, picking up $46,624, less than half of Paul's take of $100,233. But in March, donations from mililtary and civilian Army employees went the other way nearly two-to-one: $4,857 to Paul, and $10,568 to Obama.

Members of the Coast Guard gave Obama $5,750 in March, versus $201 to Paul and none to Romney.

The only military services that continued to favor Paul in March were the National Guard (from which Obama received no contributions), the Marines, and the Air Force. (Donors who just put down "military" as their employer, rather than a particular branch, also preferred Paul).

The table below shows donations from military and civilian employees of the military, as well as the Department of Defense, in March.

There is TWO GRAPHICS .. I can't post them

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/04/military-turns-from-paul-to-obama-i.html

oh my my my .... the internet president has now lost the military!

gee.. . I can't imagine why ......;) things are getting serious now, no more playing the games ... . .I hope!