Donors

The Difference in Donors

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Allegheny County's own Republican Chairman, Jim Roddey, announced that the tickets have officially gone on sale for this event at $1,000/person, $10,000 for a photo with Palin, and $25,000 for what they are calling a "roundtable" with the Alaska governor.

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Palin Kept Donations From Tainted Politicians

AP | STEVE QUINN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin felt so strongly about the public corruption indictment of a Republican state senator this summer that she urged hi...

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Where Is Hillary On The Campaign Trail?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton needs to start making some campaign appearances for Barack Obama and get on board the bandwagon in order to help this process along.

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Obama camp hits 1.5 million donors

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign hasn't announced this to the press yet, but their Web site this morning includes that graphic abov...

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Donors To Clintons: We Gave At The Office

Russ Wellen | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home

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"Why can't they work the Internet like Obama? Are they too proud to take $25 donations?" "Sorry, Chelsea. Your email must have got caught in the Spam filter." "Any more pork, Hillary, and I'll puke."

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Friday Talking Points [26]

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Since the campaigns of both Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama have seemingly taken my advice earlier this week, and are both concentrat...

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Friday Talking Points [25] -- Place Your Bets On The Democratic Race!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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We haven't done a contest here in a while, so I'm going to open the betting window today on the outcome of the Democratic race. To play, just post a ...

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New Petition Backs Up Pelosi On Superdelegates

Mike Lux | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Today, Open Left and MoveOn are co-sponsoring a new petition to Nancy Pelosi, supporting her position on superdelegates and telling her that we'll back her up when she is threatened.

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Money and the Morning After

Nancy Watzman | Posted 01.02.2008 | Home

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With the Iowa caucus only a day away, the focus soon will be on the real story: How will campaign money determine what happens next.

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Disgraced Donor Hsu Case On Ice

New York Daily News | ARI BURACK and NANCY DILLON | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics

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Gaunt and glancing nervously at reporters, disgraced Democratic moneyman Norman Hsu appeared in a California court yesterday and agreed to spend anoth...

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Justice Dept Questions If Hillary Donors Were Coerced

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

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On the wall of Hsiao Yen Wang's apartment, a cramped, 17th-floor public housing unit on the city's Lower East Side, are photographs of her husband, Da...

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Giuliani Camp Returning $9.11 Donor Checks

The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire Blog | Susan Davis | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

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The third quarter disclosure reports out today indicate that Rudy Giuliani's campaign is actively returning checks in denominations that are tied to t...

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Giuliani Party Asks For $9.11 Per Head At Fundraiser

AP | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

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A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign. Abraham Sofaer is ...

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Obama Donors: We Showed You The Money, Now Show Us Good Poll Numbers

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home

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While the candidates for the White House will spend the next week furiously raising money in advance of their next financial reporting deadline, the m...

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High Holidays Over, Obama And Clinton Throw Big Bashes To Woo Jewish Donors

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home

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With the High Holidays over, the Clinton and Obama presidential campaigns are stepping up their competition for cash from the nation's elite and well-...

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Bush's 'Rangers', CEOs, Switching Sides To Dems in '08 Race

Bloomberg | Michael Janofsky | Posted 09.21.2007 | Home

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Dozens of corporate executives who backed President George W. Bush for re-election in 2004, including some of his top fund-raisers, are now helping De...

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Philanthropists Need Better Shopping Tools

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 09.21.2007 | Business

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Given that giving in the US alone adds up to hundreds of billions of dollars per year, you'd think we'd have some better marketing and shopping tools.

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Dems' Dirty Donors: A Rogues' Gallery

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for President announced last week that it would give back $850,000 in donations bundled together by fugitive 'Hil...

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