It's no secret that people who go to or went to college are more likely to be in the cult of Barack than those who have missed out on the joys of spending four years in big box rooms listening to people talk. But that says very little, really. After all, George Bush has degrees from Harvard and Yale. But what about the ubernerds who actually devote their lives to learning things? How do they feel?

Well who do they give to?

Obama, apparently. Here are the total donations from the staff of 14 geographically disparate elite universities that came to mind as I was writing this article:

Total Fundraising: id="blog_post",363,942

Obama: 5,707

Clinton: 8,235

Listed are the figures for each university. Obama manages to out raise Clinton at each, even where the Clintons went to school (Yale, Georgetown). I have also listed a donor for each candidate at each university. Of particular interest, Anthony Lake at Georgetown, who was Bill Clinton's first National Security Advisor. He supports Obama. There is also William J. Perry at Stanford, who was Bill Clinton's first Secretary of Defense. He supports Clinton. I think they should debate.

(All figures courtesy of opensecrets.org)

Harvard University: 8,160

Obama:8,210.

Prominent donor: ,300 from Roderick MacFarquar, former British politician and China expert who wrote the textbook my Chinese Poltics course used.

Clinton:,950.

Prominent Donor: ,000 from Dyann Wirth, chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

Stanford University: 7,401

Obama: 2,701

Prominent Donor: ,000 from Majorie Perloff, professor emeritus of poetry and Robert Warren Prize winner.

Clinton: ,700

Prominent Donor: ,600 from William J. Perry, co-director of the Preventative Defense Initiative and BILL CLINTON'S FIRST SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

Columbia University: 6,001

Obama:,101

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",950 from Martha C. Howell, formerly Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, right before Bill Clinton appointed her to the National Council on the Humanities.

Clinton: ,900

Prominent Donor: ,600 from Judith Russell, professor of political science and sociology at Barnard.

University of Chicago: 5,730

Obama: 8,970

Prominent Donors: ,000 from George Wu, professor of Behavioral Science at the business school. Also, a hell of a lot of officials and professors from the hospital and medical school (this is significant, Michelle Obama used to work for the hospital before quitting to go on the campaign trail) and the law school (where Barack taught).

Clinton: ,760

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",000 from David Zarfes, the associate dean of the law school for corporate law.

Georgetown University: 5,043

Obama: ,648

Prominent Donor: ,300 from Anthony Lake, Professor of Foreign Relations. Formerly BILL CLINTON'S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. He also helped mediate a settlement to the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. He is currently an Obama advisor.

Clinton: ,395

Prominent Donor: ,600 from Dr. Cynthia P. Schnieder, professor of Diplomacy and Director of the Life Science and Society Intiative. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Northwestern University: ,072

Obama: ,822

Prominent Donor: ,300 from William Carmody. The illustrius leader of our crappy, crappy basketball team. I think after mentioning the rediculously qualified Clinton appointments supporting Obama, I should make a point of mentioning one less distinguished supporter.

Clinton: ,250

Prominent Donor: ,000 from Angela Lee, professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Business.

Yale University: ,589

Obama: ,059

Prominent Donors: The Husband/Wife economist team of Ray Fair and Sharon Oster, each giving ,300.

Clinton:,530

Prominent Donor: ,600 from American Studies Professor Matthew Jacobson.

Princeton University: ,750

Obama: ,000

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",500 from Professor Leon Rosenberg whose work "is aimed at a better understanding of the national enterprise that supports life sciences and medical research."

Clinton: ,750

Prominent Donor: ,300 Anne Marie Slaughter. Dean of the Woodrow Wilson school of Public and International Affairs, which speaks for itself.

Duke University: ,374

Obama: ,924

Prominent Donor: ,300 from Benjamin Stuart, law professor specializing in first amendment and telecommunications law.

Clinton: ,450

Prominent Donor: ,600 from Francis McGovern, law professor specializing in "alternate dispute resolution" techniques.

University of Pennsylvania: ,460

Obama: ,910

Prominent Donor: ,300 from Thomas P. Gerrity, professor at Wharton and former Dean of the school.

Clinton: ,550

Prominent Donor: ,600 from James F. Galbally, professor at Wharton and a consultant who trains incoming presidents of universities.

University of Washington, St Louis: ,607

Obama: ,707

Prominent Donor: ,300 from Barbara Geller, professor of psychiatry and author of noted research on pediatric bipolar disorders.

Clinton: ,900

Prominent Donor: ,600 from Susan Stiritz, a lecturer on female sexuality.

University of Virginia: ,411

Obama: ,211

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",950 from William Quandt, professor of Politics who largely does work on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Clinton: ,200

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",000 from Elizabeth Gorman, associate professor of Sociology who has done work concerning the earning habits of married vs. single individuals and the culture of law firms.

Cornell University: ,044

Obama:,194

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",000 from comparative politics professor Christopher J. Anderson.

Clinton:,850

Prominent Donor: 0 from Melissa Hines, Director of Materials Research.

Brown University: ,300

Obama: ,250

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",250 from James P. Allen, Professor of Egyptology.

Clinton: ,050

Prominent Donor: id="blog_post",000 from Sharon Krause, Professor of Political Thought.