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Obama Donors Get to Hang With the Big Kids

Fundraisers with Kerry, Buffett kept the fat checks coming in

Oct 29, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s money machine has kept rolling thanks, in part, to a series of intimate fundraisers headlined by his top advisers, Politico reports. In exchange for a mere $28,500, Obama supporters could snag seats at a dinner with Warren Buffett or a “Round Table Discussion” with Robert... More »

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Barack Obama • John Kerry • campaign finance • Warren Buffett • fundraiser • Robert Rubin • Election 2008

Obama's Haul Spurs Concern About Faceless Donors

But it paves way for new standard in political fundraising system

Oct 26, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The huge success of Barack Obama’s Internet fundraising campaign has sparked concerns about the regulation of campaign finance. Some worry that the faceless system allows for easy abuse, particularly in light of donations from anonymous or clearly fake names such as "Osama bin Laden," the Washington Post... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • public financing • audit • Election 2008

Small Print Lets Donors Write
Big Checks

Individuals are giving as much as $70K to candidates and parties

Oct 21, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s small donors have grabbed the headlines this election, but the latest campaign finance reports reveal that big donors have been playing their biggest role in ages, the New York Times reports. Both candidates have used joint committees, which raise money for both the candidates and their... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • political donors • Election 2008 • political donations

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Robocalls Are 
 Legit: McCain 

Defends use of same tactic used against him in 2000

Oct 19, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain defended his use of robocalls on Fox News Sunday, arguing his attacks on Barack Obama are different from the slanderous calls that targeted him during the 2000 primaries, Politico reports. “These are legitimate and truthful and they are far different than the phone calls that were... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • robo-calls • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • polls

 Obama Shatters 
 Records With 
 $150M Sept. 

Brings total to more than $600M

Oct 19, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored $150 million in September, he said today, a monthly record that brings his fundraising total to another record topping $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The previous monthly record was Obama’s $66 million in August. Those figures give the Democrat a big leg up in... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • political advertising • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

 Obama Ad Blitz 
 Stifles McCain 

Dem using massive fundraising edge to outspend GOP by as much 8-1

Oct 15, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over the past three weeks, Northern Virginia TV viewers have seen 1,342 commercials from Barack Obama … and eight from John McCain. Obama is dominating the airwaves, Politico reports, outspending McCain and the Republican National Committee as much as 8-1 in some markets, blunting GOP attacks with a sustained... More »

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campaign finance • McCain Feingold • Obama 2008 • campaign advertising • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Obama Got
$40K From
Fake People

McCain benefited from fewer fictitious donors, Times discovers

Oct 10, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama received some $40,000 from obviously fictitious donors, the New York Times reports. After poring over both candidates’ records, the Times found some 3,000 donations to Obama from more than a dozen people with obviously falsified names —like “Test Person” from “Some... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • political donors • Election 2008

Obama Ordered to Return Illegal Donations

Newsweek report prompts GOP to request federal inquiry

Oct 6, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s record-breaking $485-million war chest includes a number of small, illegal donations that federal officials have ordered the campaign to return, reports Newsweek. The GOP has requested a federal investigation into Obama’s campaign finances, the Washington Post writes. Roughly half of Obama's funds have been raised through... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • investigation • campaign finance • Republican Party • Federal Election Commission • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Goldman Sachs
Is DC's Top
Sugar Daddy

$43M since '89 on lobbying, donations greases bailout wheels

Sep 26, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Goldman Sachs has given Washington plenty of reasons to help it out—43 million reasons, to be precise. Goldman bankers have been the nation’s biggest campaign contributors this year, and have poured more than $43 million into lobbying and campaign war chests since 1989, ABC News reports. “They... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • lobbying • campaign contributions • bailout • financial crisis

Virginians Pour
Record Dollars
Into Election

State's newfound battleground status sparks funding fervor

Sep 22, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - With their home state up for grabs for the first time in decades, Virginians—particularly Democrats from the northern part of the state—are pouring money into the presidential race, the Washington Post reports. Thus far, locals have given a record $25.3 million to various candidates throughout the election... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Virginia • campaign fundraising • bundlers • battleground states

McCain Camp Strives to
Skirt McCain-Feingold 

Expert on campaign finance reform laws helps McCain test the limits

Sep 20, 08 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is making a concerted effort to get around the campaign finance laws he championed, the New York Times reports. A lawyer who played a key role in defending the reform act known as McCain-Feingold from challenges is now on the McCain team, expertly advising on the loopholes through... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • McCain Feingold • campaign funds • Russ Feingold • 527 groups

OPINION

 McCain 
 Biographer: 
 He's Lost  
 His Principles 


McCain's best accomplishments might have been cynical maneuvering

Sep 18, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Drew liked McCain—she even wrote a fawning biography, Citizen McCain, in 2002. She respected the centrist who emerged after McCain’s failed 2000 primary bid, who broke from Bush on tax cuts and campaign finance reform. But watching McCain’s current campaign maneuver back to the right, she... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • GOP • McCain Feingold • maverick • Republican candidate • Sarah Palin

 GOP Has Twice as 
 Much Cash as Dems 

McCain Plus RNC Currently Double the Cash of Obama Plus DNC

Sep 16, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coming into the home stretch, the Republicans have about twice as much campaign money on hand as the Democrats, reports Bloomberg—about $200 million to $95 million. Though Barack Obama has raised record sums, the Democratic National Committee’s current $17.5 million lags far behind the GOP’s $76... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • RNC • campaign finance • Democratic National Committee

 McCain Raised $47M in Aug.

With $10M since bringing Palin on board, GOP looking amply financed

Sep 1, 08 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s presidential campaign raised $47 million in August, its biggest monthly take yet, the AP reports. The campaign has apparently received $10 million in donations since McCain announced Friday that Sarah Palin would be his running mate. Officials say the total Republican general-election chest will be at least... More »

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John McCain • Republican • campaign finance • GOP • fundraiser • campaign fundraising • public financing • Election 2008 • presidential election • Sarah Palin

glossies

Lawmakers Get Most Funding From Outside Districts

'Nonresident contributors donate for expressive purposes,' study shows

Aug 30, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Candidates running for Congress are increasingly using affluent ZIP codes outside their own districts as "political ATM machines" to fund their campaigns, a new study finds. In the majority of House races in 2004, almost three-quarters of contributions came from donors outside a lawmaker's district—often from Hollywood, Manhattan's... More »

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campaign finance • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • donor • scientific study • political elite • congressional district

ANALYSIS

Biggest Convention Donors Usually Need Favors

No limit to funds given to parties' gatherings

Aug 25, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major donors to the Democratic and GOP conventions this year either have business pending with politicians or have recently received a favorable ruling, the Los Angeles Times reports. From cable companies to a government union to an electric utility, millions of dollars have flowed into party coffers—but both sides... More »

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Qwest • campaign finance • Democratic National Convention • corruption • Colorado • corporate governance

Big Spending Not Paying Off for McCain in Key States

But Obama's facing similar problem elsewhere

Aug 19, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is outspending Barack Obama by a wide margin in traditional battleground states such as Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa, Talking Points Memo reports. The good news for Obama is that McCain has little to show for it in the polls in those states. But the Democrat has troubles of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign advertising • campaign tactics • swing states

 Obama Raises
 $51M in July 

No cash worries for vacationing Senator

Aug 16, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama raked in $51 million last month, not quite a record for the Illinois senator but still formidable, the Washington Post reports. He ends the month with $65.8 million in the bank, a major advantage over John McCain, who has just $21 million, despite raising a personal-best... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • campaign fundraising



 McCain Raises
 $27M in July 

Biggest one-month total for Senator since primaries

Aug 15, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(AP) - John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million. "Our fundraising continues to be very healthy," Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, said in a conference call with reporters, noting that July... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • campaign contributions • McCain 2008

Big 'Bundlers' Help Fuel Both Campaigns

New type of fundraising is quickly becoming lucrative cash stream

Aug 8, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain have racked up nearly 100 “bundler” donors between them who have gathered at least $500,000 each from friends and co-workers to support their chosen candidates, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candidates’ spending suggests the fundraisers are breaking bundling records set during the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • political donors • Election 2008

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