he negotiated to make sure that 11 billion of the $19 billion was taken from the united states taxpayers instead of the banks. guess who the top campaign donors are? yes, it turns out it s the banks. i didn t see that coming. there are a few in congress, bernie sanders, ron paul, al franken. the voting track records indicate they look out for their voters base on real principles, instead of campaign do nations. these people are few and far between because money has swallowed congress whole. everyone else convinced you need huge sums of money to run for re-election and the best way to get the money is to run for wall street. as senator durbin said about banking institutions and congress, he said frankly, they own this place. now we have richard wolffe, nbc news political analyst. richa richard, do i have this wrong, or are the populists going to realize, oh my gosh, i need to get reelected. well, it is interesting watching someone like scott brown come dm and run the senate