Goldman Sachs have largely abandoned Mr. Obama, in 2008, no major U.S. corporation did more to finance his campaign

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No company's employees have switched sides so abruptly, moving from top supporters of Obama to Romney @WSJ on Goldmanhttp://on.wsj.com/SIIj4Y

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Goldman Turns Tables on Obama Campaign

When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, no major U.S. corporation did more to finance his campaign than Goldman Sachs Group. This election, none has done more to help defeat him.

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11:58 AM - 9 Oct 12 · Details

BY LIZ RAPPAPORT AND BRODY MULLINS

When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, no major U.S. corporation did more to finance his campaign than Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

This election, none has done more to help defeat him.

Prompted by what they call regulatory attacks on their business and personal attacks on their character, executives and employees of Goldman Sachs have largely abandoned Mr. Obama and are now the top sources of money to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican Party.

In the four decades since Congress created the campaign-finance system, no company's employees have switched sides so abruptly, moving from top supporters of