....”Among the insiders who received the no-strings-attached cash were Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Merrill Lynch, Societe Generale, Calyon, Barclays Plc, Rabobank, Danske, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Bank of America, and Lloyds Banking Group.
Federal Election Commission campaign finance reports shows Romney banked over $798,000 from employees of TARP recipients....”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2833180/posts#1
You said, "Check out his TARP proceeds that’s the scandal" implying that he received money from TARP directly. Instead we find out that he received money from donors who received money from TARP.
Contributions to legislative and statewide candidates accounted for $12.6 million, or 62 percent of the contributions made by the identified financial institutions. Although gubernatorial candidates dominated the top 10 candidates' list, legislative candidates as a group actually received 63 percent of the contributions to candidates. House candidates received $4.7 million, while Senate candidates received $3.3 million.
TARP recipients slightly favored Republican candidates by donating $7.4 million to them; Democratic candidates received $5.1 million. Contributions were primarily given to incumbents, who received a staggering $10.2 million—in stark contrast to the $572,226 going to candidates challenging an incumbent, and $1.8 million to candidates vying for an open seat. Seventy-eight percent of the money contributed ($9.9 million) went to winning candidates. Losing candidates received only $1.6 million. Lawmakers not up for election received $1.1 million.
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | STATE | PARTY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Davis | Governor | CA | Democrat | $256,264 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Governor | CA | Republican | $182,700 |
| Robert Riley | Governor | AL | Republican | $170,000 |
| Rick Perry | Governor | TX | Republican | $119,000 |
| George Pataki | Governor | NY | Republican | $83,650 |
| Greg Abbott | Attorney General | TX | Republican | $83,200 |
| David Dewhurst | Lieutenant Governor | TX | Republican | $78,750 |
| Sonny Perdue | Governor | GA | Republican | $78,250 |
| Tom Craddick | House | TX | Republican | $71,500 |
| Drayton Nabers | Supreme Court | AL | Republican | $71,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,194,314 |