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Obama campaign got donations from Bain employees

By Callum Borchers

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 23, 2012

President Obama has accepted $92,270 in his last two campaigns from employees of Bain Capital, the private equity firm formerly led by Mitt Romney, which he has villainized for profiting on failed companies that laid off workers. Democratic candidates and committees have taken more than $1.3 million from Bain Capital since the 2008 election cycle - double the amount collected by Republicans. Democrats’ willingness to fund campaigns with Bain Capital money could undermine protests against the way it was earned.

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