The practice of rewarding people who raise cash for campaigns with high-level positions is as American as apple pie.
Dan Pallotta | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
We let people make a fortune doing any number of things that will harm the poor, but want to crucify anyone who wants to make money helping them.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics
A new CFI study disputes the "myth" that Obama rode a wave of small donations to victory. But buried in the report, are all the figures and arguments for showing that the CFI's "myth" is actually a myth.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics
It now seems possible that Barack's formidable organization might end up with a direct line into the White House.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
I was reminded of how egregiously the McCain campaign has undermined public financing laws when I got an email from Palin urging me to contribute to McCain-Palin Victory 2008.
George Spyros | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Video news rundown following the history of Obama's fund-raising going all the way back to the time of Hillary days -- remember those days? October 2...
Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home
Bundling Quid Pro Quo (image source: nymag.com) Campaign finance laws may limit the amount an individual can give to a candidate, but there's no end...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
First posted at WashingtonTimes.com at 9:17 a.m. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe uses visual aids in this video strategy briefing, but offers a ...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
This is interesting. Bill Clinton solicits donations for his wife in an e-mail to supporters today. He mentions "attacks from Jo...
Erik Ose | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
How can progressives channel our outrage over the prospect of an unqualified, dangerously far-right wing pitbull with lipstick like Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Democratic Underground | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
He just never gets credit for it, and the inside the beltway consultants will never admit it. He did outraise McAuliffe by a considerable amount, he j...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
On a Friday morning conference call with reporters, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis revealed that the Republican nominee pulled in approximately $2...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
A fundraising email obtained by the Huffington Post shows that one of Barack Obama's top bundlers has been soliciting donations for a high-profile Thu...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
If there was ever a symbol of how vastly different the McCain and Obama campaigns are structured, it came in the form of their June fundraising number...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Some former top Hillary Clinton fundraisers have received attention in recent days for thus far declining to help bundle donations for Barack Obama. B...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Before Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign, the chattering classes were doing what they do best: speculating, specifically about her 1...
New York Post | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business
HOW come John McCain is having a fund-raiser at billionaire Ron Perelman's Creeks estate in East Hampton on July 19, even though Perelman backs Barack...
MOMocrats | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home
Obama's wooing big Clinton donors is disturbing to those who rejoiced in the fact that his campaign was immune to the influence of big money donors. You can be sure the GOP will exploit this to the fullest extent.
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign comm...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
Now that the Obama campaign has turned its focus towards the general election against John McCain, leading Democratic fundraisers are predicting that ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
On a Thursday afternoon conference call with top donors to her campaign, Sen. Hillary Clinton pledged "total support for Barack Obama," according to o...
CNN | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
ohn McCain raised $21.5 million in May, according to his campaign -- his best fundraising month to date. The Arizona senator's previous one-month bes...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
Politico previously reported that Obama's donor lists are so large that the Federal Election Commission is unable to process them with their current s...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
On MSNBC just now, top Hillary adviser Terry McAuliffe claimed that by the end of today, the Hillary campaign will have raised $10 million since she w...
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics