Martha Stewart's business partners and their political affiliations. Learn what factors appear to have influenced Martha Stewart's business-related decisions.

It's been said that birds of a feather flock together. This phrase couldn't be more true when it comes to Martha Stewart and her "inner circle." Ms. Stewart seems to believe in the concept that if you are going to associate with people in the business arena, then it's probably best if they are like-minded thinking individuals.

It's no secret that Martha Stewart has been a long-time supporter of various Democratic party candidates and organizations. CelebrityDetective.com has learned that Martha also apparently deems it necessary for the people with whom she conducts business with, share her political preferences. Take Peter Bacanovic for example, the stock broker who tipped Martha about the inevitable ImClone stock price drop one day before the FDA were to announce that they would be rejecting ImClone's application to sell a new cancer-fighting drug. Campaign finance records show that over the years Bacanovic has made his allegiance to the Democratic party known with exclusive political donations to Democratic Senator from New York, Charles Schumer, Democratic Senator (and former Governor of Indiana) Evan Bayh, and Al Gore.

Don't think for a second that Martha's admiration for supporters of "the left" stops with her broker.

CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Sharon Patrick, has donated over $100,000 exclusively to Democratic candidates and organizations over the last few years. Still not convinced? Three law firms that represented Martha Stewart for the ImClone trial also seem to lean far to the left. Attorneys and other representatives of The law firm of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, the law firm of Arnold & Porter, and the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have made an overwhelming majority of politcial donations in favor of Democratic-party-related candidates and causes.

Is it also possible that Martha only invests in companies that have a Democratic party tilt as well? Considering the fact that Sam Waksal, the former CEO of ImClone now serving time for his role in the scandal, has provided a large majority of his financial contributions to Democratic party candidates and related agendas, maybe it's not a stretch to wonder if this fact led the home design guru to throw her money into the company stock to begin with.

In light of the recent guilty verdicts handed down against her, it seems as though Martha Stewart's next stop may no longer afford her the opportunity of selecting her "inner circle."

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