The Center for Responsive Politics is a good website for following the money trail in U.S. politics. If you go into the breakdown of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate(FIRE)--the sub-category of Securities Investment--I added up the contributions from HEDGE FUNDS and PRIVATE EQUITY(excluding Venture Capital). These two are arguably the apex of hyper-capitalism.
Giuliani, Romney, Clinton, Obama far outpace anyone else in receipts... The L.A. Times had a front page story on this July 21, 2007 with a chart on p. A21(their website has updated numbers)
