Hedging

John A. Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager at the center of an alleged fraud hatched at Goldman Sachs, gave $1,000 to Congresswoman Virginia Foxx on March 20, 2008. Since it's in the nature of hedge funders to hedge their bets, Paulson also gave big bucks to various Democratic power players.

Being bought off is not endemic to just one of the two major political parties.