FLASHBACK: Barack Obama is Top Recipient of BP-Related Donations During 2008 Election Cycle

This is an interesting tidbit to consider when the government finally imposes its penalty onto BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP -- a Center for Responsive Politics' "heavy hitter" -- contributed half a million dollars to federal candidates. About 40 percent of these donations went to Democrats. The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President Barack Obama himself, who collected $71,000.

Source: OpenSecrets.org