In the three weeks leading up to the November 5 ban on soft money donations to political parties, the GSEs – particularly Freddie Mac – unloaded a lot of cash in last-minute contributions. Freddie Mac alone dumped a whopping $1,385,000 on various Democratic and Republican campaign committees between Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, new filings reveal. Freddie started its political spending binge with a $100,000 donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and