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Obama received about $78 million from Californians according research by the Center for Responsive Politics. So far this year, Obama has collected just $5.1 million from residents of the state. New Yorkers, meanwhile, have donated about $3.2 million to Obama this year, versus more than $50.5 million during the 2008 election cycle.

New York City Comptroller John Liu and New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced last week that their efforts to require Sprint Nextel to disclose political spending had taken a step forward.

McConnell’s greatest qualifications for the bench seemed to be the enormous financial support he gave to the President and other liberal causes. Reports show that he and his wife have contributed close to $1 million to a large group of liberal causes, including more than $31,000 to President Obama’s Victory Fund and $50,000 to his Presidential Inaugural Committee.

This order represents the latest salvo in the Obama administration’s war on the First Amendment rights of its political opponents.

The White House last week began circulating a draft executive order that would require companies seeking government contracts to disclose contributions — including those that otherwise would have been secret — to groups that air political ads attacking or supporting candidates.

The group, U.S. Chamber Watch, is filing an amendment to an earlier complaint with the Internal Revenue Service asking for an investigation.

It is rare when The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, The Washington Post and The New York Times all agree on something. But President Obama’s attack on the Chamber of Commerce—for supposedly spending “foreign money” on the campaign—caused all of them to cry foul.

Karl Rove contributes recent Obama attacks to a diversion from the wrecked economy, lack of jobs, ruined health care and amnesty for illegals.

Three big labor unions will spend about $145 million to help Democrats this year, while EMILY’s List and MoveOn.org plan to spend about $75 million.

You see, a funny thing happened on the way to this desperate smear of American businesses exercising their political free speech: Liberal media outlets have called the Obama demagogues out. And now, Obama himself is backpedaling faster than high-wire clowns on a quadricycle.