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submitted by riverdrops 38 months ago, from boston.com
President-elect Barack Obama is asking supporters again to help Hillary Clinton, his former rival and now his choice for secretary of state, pay off her campaign debt. Obama had asked his backers soon after he and Clinton joined forces last summer. The appeal is more urgent this time because... More
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submitted by trippie48 38 months ago, from nytimes.com
President-elect Barack Obama brought in nearly $750 million for his presidential campaign, a record amount that exceeds what all of the candidates combined collected in private donations in the previous race for the White House, according to a report filed Thursday with the Federal Election... More
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submitted by bafficio 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Senator John McCain took in more than $9 million in the last three days of August after he named Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, giving him a last-minute surge of cash that helped him to his best fund-raising month yet, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission. More
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submitted by agabriel 41 months ago, from voices.washingtonpost.com
Democrat Barack Obama again shattered the monthly record for presidential fundraising, bringing in $66 million in August, according to figures his campaign released this morning. Obama also expanded his already enormous list of donors, adding more than 500,000 first-time donors in August and... More
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submitted by blueheat 41 months ago, from boston.com
Republican John McCain's campaign is saying that it raised $47 million in August -- by far it's biggest monthly total and the sixth straight month it has brought in more than the previous month. More
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submitted by riverdrops 42 months ago, from campaignmoney.org
Campaign Money Watch announced today the result of an analysis of the fees John McCain's lobbyist bundlers, advisors, and staff members have collected from domestic clients over the past decade. The result? A staggering $930,949,819. More
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submitted by chiasma 42 months ago, from blogs.abcnews.com
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign brought in more than $51 million during the month of July compared to Sen. John McCain’s $27 million during the same time period. The campaign says it was a good showing considering that the Illinois senator was on his “world tour” for 10 days in July... More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
The McCain campaign raised $27 million in July. It was their best fund-raising month ever and is the fifth month in a row that McCain's donations exceeded those from the previous month. More
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submitted by rodeox 42 months ago, from iht.com
The Jordanian business partner of a prominent Florida businessman, who has raised more than $500,000 for Senator John McCain, appears to be at the center of a cluster of questionable donations to his Republican presidential campaign. Campaign finance records show that McCain collected... More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
Some of the most prolific givers in the network live in modest homes in Southern California's Inland Empire. Most had never given a political contribution before being contacted by Sargeant or his associates. Most said they have never voiced much interest in politics. And in several... More
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submitted by eooties 42 months ago, from iht.com
The young law professor stood apart in too many ways to count. At a school where economic analysis was all the rage, he taught rights, race and gender. Other junior faculty dreamed of tenured positions; he turned them down. While most colleagues published by the pound, he never completed... More
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submitted by eooties 43 months ago, from cnn.com
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama and the major political parties supporting their presidential bids have amassed campaign war chests totaling almost $200 million, according to campaign finance documents filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. More
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submitted by agabriel 43 months ago, from ap.google.com
Barack Obama cut back on his spending in June after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, building up his cash on hand as Republican rival John McCain outspent him with a heavy dose of television advertising. Unlike McCain, who spent more than he raised in June, Obama accumulated cash... More
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submitted by blueheat 43 months ago, from ap.google.com
Faced with a spending cap for his fall campaign, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is aggressively spending more money than he is raising during summer months and methodically reducing his cash reserves. McCain raised more than $21 million in June and spent nearly $26 million... More
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submitted by riverdrops 43 months ago, from latimes.com
Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million for his presidential campaign in June, more than twice as much as Republican John McCain. In statements released this morning, the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced they had a combined $92.3 million in cash on hand. More
