WASHINGTON -- Health care, telecommunications and defense industry workers are fueling President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, even as Wall Street walks away from his candidacy. Those industries were with Mr. Obama in 2008 after helping to bankroll President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group that tracks campaign donations. "It's a sign that incumbents really attract a lot of money," said Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based watchdog group that tracks money in politics. "Obama's in the White House right now. The way you try to...
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