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DNC: Dean Announces Joint Fundraising Agreement with Clinton and Obama Campaigns (PR News Wire )

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:14:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean announced today that the DNC has signed a joint fundraising agreement with the Clinton and Obama campaigns. As part of the agreement, a new entity, "Democratic White House Victory Fund," has been formed. The fund will allow both candidates to raise money for the Party, forming one joint fundraising...

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Howard Dean Announces Joint Dem Fundraising Effort/Agreement (Democratic Underground)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:13:57 GMT

550DONATIONSHoward Dean Announces Joint Dem Fundraising Effort/Agreement | Last thread » » YDogg (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 03:50 PMOriginal messageHoward Dean Announces Joint Dem Fundraising Effort/AgreementAdvertisements []Edited on Wed May-14-08 04:07 PM by YDoggCNN TVEdit: More news about this and the text of the release are now in the thread.No link yet. | 0 Recommendations | |...

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"Judge Rejects Democrats' McCain Fundraising Lawsuit" (Election Law)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:42:24 GMT

According to the NY Sun, "[i]n a five page ruling today, Judge John Bates said federal law requires a party to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and then to wait 120 days before filing a suit." The...

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Data Update: Contributions to Congressional Committees (Opensecrets.org)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:29:18 GMT

Congressional committees are the legislative trenchesand the bigger the bill, the higher the stakes, the more generous the campaign donations to members of the committee with jurisdiction over the issue. We've updated our profiles of fundraising by members of congressional...

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New DNC Fund: A Way For Obama To Retire Clinton's Debt? (Firedoglake)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:49:49 GMT

In what looks to be the first step for Barack Obama to help Hillary Clinton pay off her campaign debt (without really saying that's what he's doing), both Obama and Clinton have signed a joint fundraising agreement with the DNC . McCain is doing much the same thing with the RNC and the "McCain Victory 08" fund, which was set up to skirt the intent of McCain/Feingold....

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The ongoing woes of the Republican Party: "the change they deserve" (mnblue -)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:19:31 GMT

Republicans are having a tough time. Period. Anchored by a very unpopular President, further weighted down by blind support for a disastrous occupation, as corrupt as they are inept, unable to compete with Democrats in fundraising and now they've lost a third special election in a Republican district . But they've got an antidote. They've formed a rapid-response advisory panel . It will...

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So much for a soft landing (The Carpetbagger Report)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:22 GMT

Following up on the last item, by any realistic measure, Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in West Virginia, while impressive, has not changed any of the metrics of the Democratic race. Barack Obama currently leads in pledged delegates, superdelegates, popular votes, states won, fundraising, and poll numbers. Clinton won big in a state where she was [...]

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State Senate President Miller hints at another run (Baltimore Sun)

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Leader says he plans formal announcement at fundraising event next month State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who has been a fixture in Maryland politics for four decades, strongly indicated today that he plans to run for re-election in two years.

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The Reason for the Poll Release (The Fighting 29th)

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:35:34 GMT

The Massa Campaign has a new fundraising letter out, and it contains some information that puts yesterday's NRCC release of an old poll into context. Roll Call, which is a subscription-only DC paper, has put Randy Kuhl on its...

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Catenians launch centenary appeal for Zimbabwe (Christian Today)

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:58 GMT

To mark one hundred years of friendship faith and family the Catenians are launching a major fundraising appeal to help provide water for people in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa

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Kibaki to Lead Sh29 Billion Funds Drive for Refugees (All Africa)

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:17:46 GMT

President Kibaki will Monday preside over a fundraising meeting in aid of resettling the displaced people.

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McCain Comes to Portland Tomorrow (BlueOregon)

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:03:46 GMT

John McCain will be campaigning in Portland tomorrow, and Jeff Mapes at the Oregonian examines the money behind McCain's pricey fundraising reception tomorrow: When Republican Sen. John McCain is in Portland campaigning Monday, he'll hold quite a complex fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel out at the airport. If you're willing to fork over $1,000 you can go to a reception. But for $33,100 you can...

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[khabor.com] Harry Sidhu, Star South Asian 's Fundraising on May 21st in Orange County (Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com)

Sun, 11 May 2008 20:42:00 GMT

... Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Heavy Hors d'ouvres - Business Attire $3,600 election sponsor $2,000 event sponsor $1,500 event co-host $1,000 event benefactor $500 event patron $150 per person Your political contribution can be paid by check, credit card, or online at JoinHarry.com Make checks payable to: Harry Sidhu for State Senate , P.O. Box 19019 , Anaheim ,...

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Obama, McCain to campaign together? (First Read)

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:44:00 GMT

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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State Seeks $500 Million to Help Internal Refugees (All Africa)

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:19:56 GMT

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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Explain Tamil Tiger ties (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:30:00 GMT

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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There are no rules in a knfe fight (Cathie from Canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:44:00 GMT

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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Gag Order Lifted: Olmert is a Liar and a Crook (Boker tov, Boulder!)

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:04 GMT

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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McCain Rakes in $7 Mill in NY (American Pundit)

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:20:01 GMT

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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Tom Cole to House Republicans: NRCC doesn't have enough cash to “save them” (A Bluestem Prairie)

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:52:40 GMT

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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