Tapegate? Hardwaregate?
This would explain the duct tape.
Mother Jones’ annotated list of the top 400 contributors is here. Unfortunately it doesn’t look entirely up-to-date.
According to this Mojo list, Bernard Marcus contributed $353,500 to the Republican party. Marcus is co-founder of Home Depot, which would explain the plastic sheeting…
http://www.claybennett.com/images/archivetoons/duct_tape.jpg
Also of interest: http://www.opensecrets.org and http://www.theyrule.net