I'm not alleging any wrongdoing or shady behavior here, it's just that when something is labeled "grassroots" a person with the profile like Reshma Saujani is not what leaps first to my mind.
I think of grassroots as regular folks getting involved in politics, and not necessarily people who have done this sort of thing before. She seems like a dedicated Democratic activist and fundraiser who has been quite effective and a part of the existing Democratic infrastructure for some time.
This came about because I noticed that the official Hillary Clinton blog was directing folks to check out HillarySpeaksForMe.com as a grassroots site supporting the candidacy of Sen. Clinton.
The domain is registered to Reshma Saujani.
Reshma Saujani served in 1996 as an intern in President Clinton's White House.
She is listed as having received a "non-travel disbursement" of $55.34 from the 1997 Clinton inaugural committee.
A month ago she posted on the official Clinton blog about her role as a "Hillblazer" - a group of under 45 professionals networking together to raise money for Sen. Clinton.
She served as a delegate for New York to the 2004 Democratic convention.
She is a member of New York Women for Hillary Council.
She worked on Indian-American outreach for Clinton/Gore in 1996, and helped form South Asians for Kerry.
Before ethnic violence forced her family out of Uganda, she says her family was among the nation's wealthiest.
She works for the Carlyle-Blue Wave hedge fund, part of the Carlyle Group.
She is listed as a $50,000+ bundler for John Kerry in 2004, and apparently helped raise over a million dollars for his campaign.
She has donated at least $1,500 to Sen. Clinton's campaign so far.
Here is a picture of her in 2004 with Terry McAuliffe, then the DNC chair, now the campaign chairman for Sen. Clinton.
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1) I Served on the Board of UNION HATING Wal-Mart
But I am Pro Union.
2) I voted for the war in Iraq
But I am against Iraq War
3) I Voted for Kyle-Liebe
But I will bring soldiers back home in 60 days
4) I will provide universal health insurance
But I will force you to buy it to boost insurance company’s profits.
5) I Supported NAFTA
But now I oppose NAFTA
6) I am a strong woman and a fighter
But I cry and complain when I can not win
7) I can stand the republican heat
But I cannot stand the Democratic heat
8) I am the most experience
But I have no clue how to run a presidenti
9) I hate Bush
But I try to copy his politics of fear and division
10)I am the most vetted candidate in the race
But, no I won't show you my tax returns
11)I am honored to be with you Barack Obama
But Shame on you Barack Obama
I will be fine because I am on both sides of the issues
But the question is will you be fine?
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Hillary's mocked activists and the grassroots on the stump then makes a mockery of the very meaning grassroots with millionair
She mocked him, not his supporters
Hillary '08.
Let's get back to issues-lik
YES WE CAN!
Clinton fund-raise
Senior Clinton Strategist
Wall Street Journal online Posted: Wednesday, February 13, at 2:44 pm
As Sen. Hillary Clinton faces a money crunch, several of her top fund-raise
At least two sets of Clinton fund-raise
It's not certain that any of the efforts by the Clinton fund-raise
"We're just trying to figure out things to do to help," Ms. Buell said. "We all feel very passionate about it, so the question is, what is the best thing we can do to get her across the finish line?"
Another Clinton fund-raise
Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, declined to comment. By law, Mr. Wolfson isn't allowed to speak with anyone who might start an independen
Top fund-raise
Ms. Buell said one issue nagging her efforts is a 2002 law that forbids coordinati
Even then, the Federal Election Commission may decide that any entity started by a Clinton fund-raise
"It's a risky, highly regulated, uncertain area of campaign-f
Ms. Buell and the Clinton fund-raise
Some Clinton backers also worry that any new independen
Still, at least one Clinton backer is looking at launching an independen
This person says he feels he has done all he can for the campaign from the inside. He has donated the maximum $2,300 allowed by law for the primary to Mrs. Clinton, and he has tapped out his fund-raisi
So far in the 2008 campaign, outside groups have spent $5.2 million on behalf of Mrs. Clinton and $1.5 million for Mr. Obama, according to disclosure statements filed with the Federal Election Commission
A spokesman for those organizati
Mrs. Clinton has received strong backing from two large labor unions, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the American Federation of Teachers, which have spent $2.5 million and $1.5 million, respective
Mrs. Clinton also has the backing of Emily's List, which backs female Democrats who support abortion rights. The group has spent $963,000 for Mrs. Clinton in 2008, according to the forms.
Ms. Buell said that one option under considerat
Documents released by the Internal Revenue Service last month show that a handful of top Clinton fund-raise
In mid-Decemb
In all, a half-dozen top Clinton fund-raise
Source: Wall Street Journal online
We can only hope that voters will read and reflect.
MoveOn is a 501(c)(4), Pubs use 527's all the time.
The Blogging Obama fanatics, along with talking points directly from the Campaign feel that they can "Shout Down" speech they don’t like or rules they don’t like.
What they are doing, like everyone else, is Campaignin
I do not necessary agree with it all, but if electing a President needs to be more than a vote for American Idol, we need to hear multiple voices. And it is a given those voices are all about supporting a candidate or a point of view. Some we do not agree with.
Really, your argument then says whoever runs the best Campaign is qualified to be President, which is really putting on a PR show like American Idol. This still may win the campaign but is not indicative of how good a President that person would be nor who the better President would be.
It does not mean top down, as in bought and paid for by one of the political establishm
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Political campaigns spend thousands, even millions of dollars to acquire good mailing lists.
Last year, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took the unusual step of renting out some of her lists. The transactio
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