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Dem Donations a Nightmare
for GOP

Obama, Clinton cash flow makes McCain's look like a trickle

Mar 1, 08 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Republicans may be enjoying the death match between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but likely not the phenomenal fundraising of the Democrats.  "I look at the Barack Obama campaign in some horror," the GOP national treasurer tells AP, citing Obama's $50-million take in February, along with Clinton's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • Election 2008 • public election financing

McCain, Obama Clash Over Campaign Funds

McCain puts Obama's public funding pledge in the spotlight

Feb 16, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain is baiting Barack Obama over campaign finance, the New York Times reports. Obama pledged last February that he would accept public financing—which comes with spending limits—if he became the Democratic nominee and his Republican opponent did likewise. He hasn't recommitted and GOP front-runner McCain is wondering... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • public financing • presidential election

Obama Expects to Rake in $30M
This Month

Half of record January millions were
donations under $200

Feb 7, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - After hauling in an epic $32 million in contributions in January, Barack Obama is expecting a near record-busting $30 million in donations this month. Even more striking, the candidate for change seems to raise most of his money in just that—change. Half of January's yield came in online contributions... More »

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Barack Obama • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • campaign contributions • online donations • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

Edwards' New Plan: Outlast 'Celebrity Candidates'

Hopeful lays out new strategy and boasts of January funding increase

Jan 28, 08 9:10 PM CST
(Newser) - John Edwards may be running third among Dem hopefuls, but he vowed to stay in the race today with a new long-term strategy, the Chicago Tribune reports. He plans to roll online donations into ad campaigns in Super Tuesday states and a dozen others—including "red" ones—until the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Super Tuesday • campaign contributions • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

Industry chiefs aim to get more of a say in Washington

Jan 14, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The video game industry has grown up and is going to start putting some quarters into Washington, the New York Times reports. Game makers have formed their first political action committee and will soon start making campaign donations to candidates, in hopes of steering more of them to the industry's... More »

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Nintendo Wii • Washington • lobbying • campaign contributions • lobbyists • video games

Clinton/Obama Question Splits Labor Unions

Dems worry base too bitterly divided to unite behind single nominee

Jan 13, 08 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Labor unions are the foundation of any Democratic campaign, but that foundation in the '08 race remains clearly split between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the LA Times reports. Both have fervent support among different unions, and tension within the party is running high, raising fears that the base won't... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • AFL CIO • campaign contributions • labor unions • campaign fundraising • Democratic campaign • AFSCME • Election 2008

Dem Donations Hit Record High

Clinton, Obama 2007 totals top $100M

Jan 1, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The race for the presidency is crowded, but that isn't stopping candidates from raising huge sums of money, the Washington Post reports. The power of the internet to raise cash from both grassroots supporters and wealthy donors is credited with helping Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raise over $100 million... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Internet • campaign finance • Ron Paul • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

In Shift, Clergy Gives
More Dollars to Dems

Donations favor Obama, Clinton over Huckabee

Dec 22, 07 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - In a shift from 2004, Republican presidential and congressional hopefuls are losing clergy support as measured by campaign donations, Politico reports. According to FEC data, clergy and religious groups have given Dem candidates $367,000 but the GOP just $288,000. Of the Dem haul, Barack Obama leads with $107,... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Republican • religion • Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • clergy • Election 2008

Interest Groups Gain in Cash —and Influence

As party $$$ dips, issue $$$ rises; will further polarize 2008 election

Dec 19, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The swift-boating of John Kerry was only the first wave—election spending by groups unaffiliated with the major political parties nearly tripled between 2000 and 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports, to 19% of the total. And the so-called "527" groups, which don't have to disclose their donors, are... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • John Kerry • campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • 527 groups • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Giving Goes Both Ways for Huckabee

Arkansans who gave often received posts from governor-turned-GOP candidate

Dec 14, 07 8:23 PM CST
(Newser) - For Mike Huckabee, the season of giving lasts all year long, Politico reports. An analysis of records from Huckabee's tenure as Arkansas governor showed that he accepted more than 90 gifts  from 21 Arkansans he later appointed to state posts. And those people kept giving: they contributed more than $161,... More »

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Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • Election 2008

Cash-Poor
GOP Taps Rich Candidates

BYOBankroll, party tells aspiring legislators
with fat wallets

Nov 26, 07 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Suddenly losing the fundraising race, House Republicans are recruiting wealthy candidates to run for vulnerable seats next year, the Times reports. With $2.5 million on hand—compared to $29.2 in Dem coffers—the GOP is grooming candidates in competitive districts. Fourteen Republicans have already invested over $100,000... More »

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campaign finance • General Electric • J. Dennis Hastert • campaign contributions • Election 2008

Anti-Obesity Ad Tap-Taps Craig's Bathroom Tryst

Anti-obesity campaign says Senators are on the 'gravy train'

Oct 2, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - “It’s their dirty little secret,” the commercial's voiceover says, as a well-dressed man taps his foot in a bathroom stall. And though Larry Craig’s name is never uttered, his airport indiscretion is obviously the latest target of an unlikely source—childhood obesity advocates knocking congressmen who... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • Larry Craig • campaign contributions • political advertising • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

‘Bundlers’ Rake In Cash, Harbor Ethics Gaps

Candidates’ biggest spenders launder money and break laws

Sep 20, 07 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Bundlers"—political fundraisers who solicit other donors to give—are a standard feature of the presidential race, and many remain favored by major campaigns despite unethical and even illegal conduct. The Post spotlights questionable rainmakers in the Norman Hsu scandal aftermath, including one Hillary donor who gave $160,... More »

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ethics • Mitt Romney • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • fraud • corruption • money laundering • Norman Hsu • campaign contributions • bundlers • Election 2008

Hsu's Life Spent on the Run

Fallen Dem fundraiser's past checkered with bankruptcies, fraud,
a kidnapping, and more

Sep 8, 07 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fallen and fugitive, Norman Hsu was disowned last week by the very Democrats who thrived on his mysterious largess when details of a 1992 grand theft charge emerged. But the Journal reports that charge wasn't unique to a man whose past is filled with bankruptcies, sketchy investments, a string of... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • fugitive • fundraiser • Norman Hsu • campaign contributions

Feds Probe Hsu for Using Mail Carrier's Family

Fundraiser may have funneled donations through others

Sep 1, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Feds are probing claims that top fundraiser Norman Hsu used a mail carrier and his family to donate to the Dems, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials suspect that Hsu reimbursed the family for their donations, which were similar in amount and timing to Hsu’s. Hsu denies the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Department of Justice • Democrats • campaign finance • Wall Street Journal • fundraiser • Norman Hsu • campaign contributions • New School

Romney Has Major Stake in Sinking Fund

Candidates in both parties could see big donations dry up

Aug 16, 07 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Massachusetts  Governor Mitt Romney has a substantial investment in a teetering Goldman Sachs hedge fund that was propped up with a $3 billion cash infusion after it lost a third of its value. Romney, who won a symbolic victory in Iowa's GOP straw poll last weekend, is thought to... More »

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Mitt Romney • Iowa • Goldman Sachs • bank • hedge fund • straw poll • campaign contributions

Fake Obama Group Keeps Donations

Impostor organization says it never misled supporters

Jul 25, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) -  "Californians for Obama"  has raised thousands of dollars, but the candidate hasn't seen any of it. In fact, the group isn't affiliated with Obama, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, and most of the dough has gone to founder Emmett Cash. Because the group's website doesn't claim an... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • presidential campaign • campaign finance • campaign funds • campaign contributions

MySpace Opens Up to Donations

60 million users eying presidential hopefuls will raise News Corp.'s profile

May 29, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is entering the online political scene in a very significant way with a tool that will allow 60 million MySpace users to donate up to $500 to the presidential candidate of their choice, reports the Financial Times. News Corp. has yet to make a decision, reports... More »

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Internet • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • presidential campaign • campaign finance • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • News Corp • Election 2008 • presidential election

Hillary Tied to Shady Donor

Lawsuit againt CEO reveals ethically questionable contributions

May 26, 07 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of infoUSA, a large consumer information broker, has given Bill and Hillary Clinton almost $3 million over the past four years. But a recent legal dustup between Vinod Gupta and his company's shareholders over extravagant spending and political donations is revealing a relationship with the Clintons that, according... More »

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Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • campaign finance • CEO • Bill Clinton • Vinod Gupta • infoUSA • telemarketing • shareholders • lawsuit • campaign contributions

Big Business Turns Blue

Companies fill Dems' war chests, seeking traction with ruling party

Apr 30, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corporate America is shifting campaign contributions from GOP soulmates to Democrats, eager to bond with new legislative gatekeepers. Coffers aren't swelling across the board, though; a Wall Street Journal analysis shows pro-business Dems are pulling in most of it. General Dynamics, Honeywell International, Home Depot. and Aflac are among those... More »

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Democrats • Democratic Congress • Senate Democrats • corporations • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising

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