Think Progress has a report on Republican unemployment -- at least about Mitt Romney who has told voters that he's "out of work" too.
[Romney] has applied for a permit to bulldoze his 3,000-square-foot, $12 million home in La Jolla, California, and replace it with one nearly four times its size. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the new home will be two stories and more than 11,000 square feet. Romney also owns a $10 million estate in New Hampshire. His campaign declined to comment on the renovation plans. Romney tells Politico that the existing $12M mansion is “inadequate for their needs.”
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Romney's in pretty good shape, financially. He's getting some of Obama's money.
The Hill reports:
Dozens of Wall Street executives who supported President Obama in 2008 have donated to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign this year.
According to a review of fundraising data, 67 people who work in the financial sector and live in the New York City metro area gave to Obama in 2008 and the former Massachusetts governor in 2011.The reversals come in the wake of Obama's tough rhetoric on Wall Street, most notably last year when the president was pushing Congress to pass what became known as the Dodd-Frank law.
Of course, giving to Romney doesn't exclude giving to Obama. Most businesses and businessmen hedge their bets, give a little here, a little there, getting into a politician's good graces. Dig a little deeper into The Hill's report and you find we're talking here about a total of $150,000 from 67 people "in the financial sector." Recently, Obama raised about two and a half million from Wall Street backers.
A Hill report hardly worth climbing. No view from up there.
