Obama’s big fundraising night
Razzle dazzle. March job creation might be down, but Barack Obama’s fundraising numbers are up. The incumbent president hauled in $1.5 million in three hours at a pair of lavish fundraisers last...
View ArticleGingrich selling access to donor list?
That’ll help. Yesterday, BuzzFeed reported that Newt Gingrich’s donors have pleaded with the candidate to stay in the race. They may end getting more than they bargained for, or at least their...
View ArticleKennedy: Sure, the Obama WH has a quid pro quo system for donors
Plus, the Lobbyist Buddy Program! The New York Times runs an exposé of sorts on the Obama White House and its empty promises of changing “business as usual” in Washington DC that is remarkable in a...
View ArticleReport: Romney camp offers special access in exchange for $50,000 donations
While the White House flings open its doors to donors. The Mitt Romney campaign will offer special access to the former Massachusetts governor to anyone who contributes $50,000 or more to a new joint...
View ArticleBoehner endorses Romney as donors consolidate
Herman Cain: “Let’s get on with this.” Is the Republican nomination race over? Newt Gingrich says no, but practically everyone else says yes. That now includes the man currently holding Gingrich’s...
View ArticleChange: Major donors not cutting checks to Obama’s campaign this time
Well, some major donors. So here’s the solution to yesterday’s mystery of why Team Hopenchange would court scandal by continuing to rely on Jon Corzine as a major bundler. Plain and simple: Beggars...
View ArticleObama Campaign Flags ‘Less-Than-Reputable’ Lender Processing Services’...
Obama Campaign Flags ‘Less-Than-Reputable’ Romney Donors President Obama’s re-election campaign is circulating a list of eight “wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records” who have donated to...
View ArticleThe list: Obama’s campaign attacking private citizens again; Update: Backfire?
Above the fray. Kimberley Strassel explains it all to you. Actual quote from The One’s attack website: “A closer look at Romney’s donors reveals a group of wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable...
View ArticleThe Biden gambit
Distractions. Gaffe or gambit? Vice President Joe Biden created a stir on Sunday when he appeared to endorse the legalization of gay marriage, and then confusion reigned as the White House tried to...
View ArticleObamateurism of the Day
When the One met … the real One. Most of us figured that Barack Obama consulted with a few people on his way to evolutionary completion — donors, political consultants, various wise men of the Left,...
View ArticlePutting the bully into the bully pulpit?
What happens when you end up on Obama’s enemies list. Allahpundit e-mailed me this today, calling it “a perfect end to Bully Week.” While the media ties itself in knots over an alleged incident of...
View ArticleGuess who got the most private-equity money in 2008?
Warner backpedaling from Bain attacks now. You get three guesses … and the first two don’t count. An analysis by The Hill of data from Open Secrets shows that Barack Obama got more than $3.5 million...
View ArticleDonors losing enthusiasm for Obama
Small wonder. In 2008, Barack Obama drew huge crowds everywhere he went, whether for rallies or for fundraisers. In 2012 … not so much. The Weekly Standard and the New York Times report that a...
View ArticleTeam O to donors: Where are you when we need you?
Plus, the pitfalls that make this desperation necessary. Not all that long ago, the Barack Obama campaign bragged about its fundraising prowess and promised to dominate the airwaves with a...
View ArticleAre small donors abandoning Obama, too?
Or just poorer because of his policies? Don’t get too excited by this report from BuzzFeed; it’s not what you think, at least not entirely. Despite having the advantages of incumbency and the biggest...
View ArticleTargets of Obama’s populist rhetoric oddly enthusiastic for his opponent
Shocka! Alternate headline: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure — and treasure is the operative word here. Almost a year after deciding to fully indulge in class warfare, Barack Obama’s former...
View ArticleObama campaign files FEC complaint to force American Crossroads to disclose...
You first. Translation: A President’s critics should be entirely transparent, but not a President or his campaign. The New York Times reported last night that the Obama campaign has filed a complaint...
View ArticleSenior Obama campaign official: “We are going to be the first incumbent...
Change. Is this spin aimed at lowering expectations so that they can pretend to be happily shocked later when they end up outraising Romney and his Super PACs after all? Or is the “first...
View ArticleEven the Silicon Valley donors are starting to steer away from Obama
Running for the hills. Although California is consistently ranked among the absolute worst states in which to do business — their nanny-state regulations, budget deficits, and tax structure have...
View ArticleRomney, RNC raise $4.6 million after SCOTUS decision
Tea Party back — and more effective than ever? Yesterday may have been tough on Republicans in general and conservatives opposed to big expansions of federal power, but the news wasn’t all bad....
View ArticleMeet the Obama Super-PAC mega-donors
Money. National Review’s Jim Geraghty notes that so far, the super-PAC founded by top Obama staffers and its aligned “independent” groups are outspending groups that oppose the president by roughly...
View ArticleObama cites a “nonpartisan economist” — who also happens to be a campaign donor
Wait… what? President Obama is continuing his campaigning this week, this time swinging back through crucial swing-state Ohio. During a speech in Cincinnati, the president cracked a jobs-related joke...
View ArticlePetraeus for VP — Obama’s nightmare?
“He’s a serious man, for seriously dangerous times.” This one’s getting the siren treatment from Drudge. Is Barack Obama worried that Mitt Romney may ask General David Petraeus — the hero of the Iraq...
View ArticlePresident Obama welcomes Paul Ryan to the race
Uh oh. At a campaign fundraiser on Sunday, President Obama offered his initial public reaction to the assembled donors — and as much as the Left was claiming that a Paul Ryan VP pick would be a boon...
View ArticleMost transparent convention evah won’t release the names of its donors?
“The people’s convention.” It looks like the Democrats’ convention organization is taking a leaf out the Most Transparent Administration Evah‘s playbook, promising in advance that they’re going to do...
View ArticleQuotes of the day
Fallout. Rep. Todd Akin was in Tampa Wednesday night meeting with top conservative groups and donors, several sources confirmed to POLITICO. The embattled Missouri Senate candidate flew to Tampa to...
View Article“Independent” watchdog on energy loans turns into big Obama donor
Hmmm. Well, well, well … what a coinky-dink. The man who got picked to review more than $23 billion in Department of Energy loans and gave them a clean bill of health — without reviewing loans to...
View ArticleRepublican Filibuster Discloses that GOP Opposes DISCLOSURE
On Monday evening, Senate Republicans filibustered to kill S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act… “A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for...
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