According to statistics compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, “members of the U.S. military have dramatically increased their political contributions to Democrats, marching sharply away from the party they’ve long supported. In the 2002 election cycle, the last full cycle before the war began, Democrats received a mere 23 percent of military members’ contributions. So far this year, 40 percent of military money has gone to Democrats for Congress and president.” Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) have received the most military donations of all the candidates in the 2008 field. (H/T Andrew Sullivan).

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