Kent Snyder, Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign manager and the man credited with pushing Paul into running for President, died at the age of 49 just two weeks after Paul ended his 2008 bid. Like the man in Blitzer’s example, the 49-year-old Snyder (pictured) was relatively young and seemingly healthy* when the illness struck. He was […]
Last night Keith Olbermann issued the following statement: A STATEMENT TO THE VIEWERS OF COUNTDOWN by Keith Olbermann I want to sincerely thank you for the honor of your extraordinary and ground-rattling support. Your efforts have been integral to the remedying of these recent events, and the results should remind us of the power of […]
CNN is asking if financial regulation will hurt the Democrats fundraising: They do well with Wall Street, but Democrats may now risk biting the hand that feeds many of them — as President Obama and top party leaders press for financial reform. And a key question arises: will there be a squeeze on the money […]
In almost 5 years of running IntoxiNation I have never ran a fundraiser. Tonight I am starting one, but not for me or for this blog. Rather my first fundraiser is for the people of Haiti. If you have some spare change to donate then please do so via this link. The donations are through […]
Again from NY-23: We crunched the FEC contribution numbers this afternoon to discover that 95 percent of Hoffman’s donations came from individuals and PACs based outside of the district. (Hoffman himself doesn’t even live in NY-23.) Only $12,360 of the $265,341 he’s raised came from potential constituents. Hoffman collected money from donors in 35 states. […]
Barack Obama shattered all records and use of the Internet: Barack Obama raised half a billion dollars online in his 21-month campaign for the White House, dramatically ushering in a new digital era in presidential fundraising. In an exclusive interview with The Post, members of the vaunted Triple O, Obama’s online operation, broke down the […]
Charles Keating’s law firm has made donations topping $50,000 to the McCain campaign. I don’t really think Obama should go negative, but if he targeted the Keating story in the Cincinnati area it could deliver him a very red part of Ohio. A lot of people in the Cincinnati area lost their life savings because […]
And I don’t think they are the kind of thank you notes she really wants: Planned Parenthood is suddenly a lot richer because of Sarah Palin. And the Republican vice presidential nominee will soon be receiving tens of thousands of thank-you notes. A three-week-old Internet campaign is asking abortion-rights activists to send donations to Planned […]
During Katrina all the talk from the right was how recovery and victim aide needs to be in the hand of the private organizations like the Red Cross and churches. The problem is that they rely upon donations of ordinary citizens. That would work good if we had an economy that could afford us the […]
If you answered Ron Paul then you are correct! Congressman Ron Paul has defined his Republican presidential candidacy with a staunchly critical stance on the Iraq war, saying during the June 5 debate in New Hampshire, for example, that it was a “mistake to go and a mistake to stay.” Paul has often reiterated his […]