Why Are These Hedge Fund Kingpins Dumping Millions Into the Midterms?

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  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    As Democrats and Republicans battle for control of the Senate, hedge funds are dumping millions of dollars into congressional campaigns. Most of these companies are lining up behind one party or the other. But the second-biggest spender, Long Island-based Renaissance Technologies, is playing both sides of the aisle. As of early September, the firm's CEO, Robert Mercer, had given $3.1 million to Republican candidates and super-PACs. Its founder and chairman, James Simons—a brilliant former National Security Agency code breaker—had donated $3.2 million to their Democratic counterparts.

    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/hedge-fund-taxes-superpacs-election-renaissance
     
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    Sounds like they did much better than far lefty Tom Stayer wasting $74 million on the climate change scam.IBD[Investors Business Daily] , noted his loser climate change scam ads.Thanks