Who knows? It probably doesn't really matter.

Jack Welch, like many other businessmen who are pragmatic to the point of having no viable political philosophy at all, probably would support any politician who would help his company make money. Who he votes for is irrelevant, since his vote counts no more than that of the bum on the corner. The key is: where is General Electric's political cash going?

In the 1999-2000 election cycle, GE gave 58 percent of its donations to Republicans, and 42 percent to Democrats. If you want to say that means he's a Republican, fine. Most donations seem to be connected to specific goodies or legislation that GE wanted passed or not passed. The usual corporate-government backscratching.

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