<p>Hard to actually draw any conclusions when the candidate with the most contributions (Obama) from the military has received 44 of them and number 2 in terms of contributors (according to the article it’s McCain with 33 then Paul with 23). All told there are almost no contributions from the military.
“In 2004, military personnel contributed $1.2 million to presidential and congressional candidates, the center said. This year, those donations are about $200,000.” "Altschuler cautioned against reading too much into the early contributions, particularly in such small amounts. “These figures could look very different in a few months”</p>
<p>Classic example of making a story out of virtually no data.</p>