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First Read (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones BEND, Ore. -- This election year has already broken fundraising and voter participation records, but it could also break the mold for how campaigning is done during a general election. Think of hand-to-hand combat, but with words, something akin to a rhetorical duel on policy that plays out right before voters’ eyes, in state after state, without the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The government will on Monday launch a fundraising campaign for nearly 500 million US dollars for the resettlement and support of persons displaced by the post-election violence.
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
How credible is the leadership of Canada's 250,000-strong Tamil community? It's an open question, following a police probe into alleged fundraising in Toronto and Montreal for the Tamil Tigers.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
See, this is what worries me about Obama -- could he possibly be so stupid as to give up his enormous fundraising advantage with individual donors, just so he can get a few style points from election reformers? Yes, apparently -- Obama Floated Idea Of Voluntarily Capping Donations. In an election campaign, there are no points for style.
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Boker tov, Boulder! (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Carl in Jerusalem:Olmert is now (at 11:20 PM) making a statement on the radio. He says he has known Talansky since 1993, and that Talansky helped him with election fund raising in 1993, 1998 (Jerusalem Mayoralty), 1999 and 2002 (Likud), and thereafter to pay deficits for elections. He claims that he did not get any of the money personally. The money went to Attorney Uri Messer...
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American Pundit (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
John McCain raised approximately $7 million for his campaign and the Republican National Committee in New York City on Wednesday, ABC News reports. Under a new fundraising structure created by the campaign and the RNC, donors can give to an organization called “McCain Victory 2008″ up to nearly $70,000. The first $2,300 of that money goes [...]
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A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
In light of his lackluster Q1 fundraising, the MN-01 congressional candidate endorsed by his party at the end of March stated that he thought national party leadership would come to his aid financially. A flurry of recent articles suggests that...
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
One month ago : House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) predicted Thursday that Republicans will pick up seats in the 2008 election despite a slew of GOP retirements and the Democrats’ significant fundraising advantage. "We don't need as much money as [Democrats] have," he said. "We need enough to tell our story." He added, "I think we are going to gain seats this year. Period."...
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Hot Potato Mash (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The highlight of Sunday's fundraising event where I interviewed Byron DeLear was a far reaching discussion between Gore Vidal and the Missouri Congressional candidate. Their conversation is broken up into five parts below which is then followed by some remarks by progressive radio personality Bree Walker and Nova M Radio founder Sheldon Drobny. Part 1 Topics covered include: restoring representative...
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Angry in the Great White North (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
With the launch of the Liberal Party's Victory Fund, the Liberals hope to re-energize their fundraising ahead of the next election. In that election, the Liberals will be running 307 candidates, taking a pass on the riding of Central Nova. Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion and Green Party leader Elizabeth May entered into a pact. The Liberals would not run a candidate in Central...
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Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
This could be an explanation for the shrill sound of desperation we’ve been noticing from the anti-gun camp lately: They haven't been raising any money for their Political Action Committee. This is speculation, but my guess is they've been having to eschew fundraising for the PAC in order to keep their 501(c)(4) and (c)(3) activities afloat. [...]
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The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
It's been quite some time since I've nudged you all for candidate donations. Consider throwing some pennies to Scott Kleeb. McJoan explains. Here's the candidate website. An update on others on the fundraising page: Donna Edwards is officially the candidate for the June 17 special election, as well as the candidate for the November regular election. Darcy Burner spearheaded the...
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UPTOWNflavor (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Join Us STATE SENATOR BILL PERKINS RE-ELECTION-BIRTHDAY PARTY FUNDRAISER Minton's Playhouse 208 West 118th Street Between St. Nicholas & 7th Avenue New York, New York 10026 RSVP (212) 316-9434 Greetings! You are invited to join us for a kick off re-election -birthday celebration fundraiser in support of State Senator Bill Perkins. Thursday May 8, 2008 6:00 PM until 9 PM Sincerely, Carolyn...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Anyone wondering why the federal Liberals are so reluctant to force a general election need only follow the money: Stéphane Dion's party is trailing far behind both Stephen Harper's Conservatives and even Jack Layton's New Democrats in fundraising.
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EFFin' Unsound (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Eric Earling on the Governor’s race: Governor’s Race Roundup Get along little Rossi. Recent items of interest: 1) Fundraising Brisk money intake on both sides continues. Christine Gregoire raked in about a $1 million in April, fresh off her Legislative session freeze. Rossi pulled in another $625,000, in-line with the $636,000 average of his previous five full months of [...]
