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Subscribe to RSSAs Republican Mitt Romney works to unify the party faithful behind him, the number of lobbyists raising money to help him secure the White House has soared.
More than five-dozen lobbyist-bundlers have raised at least $14 million for Romney’s election efforts, according to reports submitted Monday. That includes 42 who raised nearly $9 million during the third quarter of 2012.
The third quarter marked the first period of pro-Romney fundraising activity for two-dozen lobbyists, according a review of Federal Election Commission documents by the Center for Public Integrity.
Among them, former Republican Sen. Alfonse D’Amato of New York, who raised $238,200; John Castellani, president and CEO of pharmaceutical trade group PhRMA, who raised $61,000; Brian P. Miller of oil and gas giant BP America, who raised $36,550; and Joseph Seidel of Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-largest bank.
Two lobbyists each collected more than $1 million for the election efforts of the former Massachusetts governor from July through September, records show. Bill Graves, the president and CEO of the American Trucking Association, and attorney David Beightol of D.C.-based firm Dutko Grayling both raised about $1.1 million.
To date, Graves has now raised more than $1.6 million — more than any of the other 62 lobbyists whose names have been disclosed in federal filings.
Romney, unlike President Barack Obama, has not voluntarily released a list of bundlers — elite political fundraisers who turn to relatives, friends and business associates to raise large sums and then deliver the funds in a “bundle” to the candidate. They are often given perks and special access — both on the campaign trail and once politicians are elected.
But thanks to a 2007 law passed in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal, all federal candidates are required to report information about the lobbyists who bundle money for their campaigns.
Obama, who, as president, has taken a tough stance against lobbyists in his rhetoric and policies, has not taken money from lobbyist-bundlers, according to records. He has voluntarily disclosed the names of everyone who has raised at least $50,000 for his re-election efforts.
According to his campaign’s most recent disclosure in July, nearly 650 bundlers had collected more than $143 million for Obama and the Democratic National Committee. The president is expected to release an updated list with his third-quarter bundlers later this week.
All of the GOP presidential nominee’s lobbyist-fundraising muscle has aided not only the Romney campaign but also the “Romney Victory Committee” — a joint fundraising organization that funnels cash to his campaign, the Republican National Committee and several other party entities.
Individuals can donate up to $75,800 to the Romney Victory Fund. The first $5,000 is directed to the Romney campaign while the next $30,800 goes to the RNC. The remaining funds are split between other participating party committees.
Romney has rejected calls from good-government groups such as the Center for Responsive Politics, the Sunlight Foundation, the League of Women Voters and the Campaign Legal Center to release additional information about his top fundraisers, unlike former GOP presidential candidates George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Romney’s fundraising network extends well beyond those lobbyists named in FEC filings. Earlier this year, USA Today released a list of more than 1,000 individuals that the newspaper identified as bundlers for Romney.
Even as Romney has denied requests for increased transparency, he plans to list the names of all bundlers who raise at least $200,000 in a commemorative book after Election Day. Top supporters are also being offered special access to weekly strategy sessions, VIP retreats and signature apparel, according to Politico.
Those who raise at least $200,000 between the primary and general election will be honored at the “Stars” level, according to documents obtained by Politico, while those who bundle at least $400,000 enjoy “Stripes” level status.
Some of Romney’s lobbyist-bundlers have blown past these thresholds.
In addition to Graves and Beightol, Dirk Van Dongen, the president of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, and Patrick J. Durkin, Sr., of Barclays have each bundled more than $1 million. Van Dongen has raised roughly $1.2 million, including nearly $961,000 during the third quarter, and Durkin has collected about $1.1 million.
Sixteen other lobbyists have raised at least $200,000 for Romney, according to the Center analysis.
Abramoff, once a top Washington lobbyist, pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges in 2006 and served 43 months before being released in late 2010. The scandal prompted Congress to pass a package of new ethics rules.
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All this money and not one job created, guess we know where their values lie, and yesterday's info claimed how Romney will give the Lobbiest gov't job, though he was pushing for smaller govt. ?
When Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors a few years back, he told them could name up to 20 congressmen...
When President Bush heard this, he said 'That's amazing. I can only name three congressmen.'
"Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and three thirds, more or less, poltroons."
— H. L. Mencken
Nice reporting, where are Obama's figures?
Oh that's right, they can't even tell what country many of their donations came from. Pathetic!
No wonder, Obama was up to $142 million from lobbyist.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php?id=N00009638&cycle=2012
$500,000
Katzenberg, Jeffrey
Los Angeles
CA
DreamWorks Animation
$2,334,092
$500,000
Goldman, Lisa and Doug
San Francisco
CA
Certain Software Inc
$1,579,368
$500,000
Rogers, Jr. and Hobson, John and Mellody
Chicago
IL
Ariel Investments
$1,557,889
$500,000
Snyder, Jay
New York
NY
HBJ Investments
$1,462,137
$500,000
Jordan, Wayne
Oakland
CA
Jordan Real Estate Investments
$1,381,353
$500,000
Sacks, Michael
Winnetka
IL
Grosvenor Capital Management
$1,266,361
$500,000
Bainum, Stewart
Fulton
MD
Choice Hotels International
$1,248,965
$500,000
Eychaner, Fred
Chicago
IL
Newsweb Corp
$1,220,550
$500,000
Stetson, Jane
Norwich
VT
Democratic National Cmte
$1,197,426
$500,000
Cohen, David and Rhonda
Philadelphia
PA
Comcast Corp
$1,152,431
$500,000
Pohlad, Robert
Edina
MN
Pohlad Companies
$1,069,377
$500,000
Effron, Blair
New York
NY
Centerview Partners
$1,021,287
$500,000
Crown, James
Chicago
IL
Henry Crown & Co
$1,018,189
$500,000
Nathan, Scott
Boston
MA
Baupost Group
$1,005,699
$500,000
Tsunis, George
Huntington
NY
Chartwell Hotels
$996,150
$500,000
Bluhm, Neil
Chicago
IL
Walton Street Capital
$983,863
$500,000
Patterson, Cary
Texarkana
TX
Nix, Patterson & Roach
$981,933
$500,000
Aberly, Naomi
Dallas
TX
TIFF Advisory Services
$961,903
$500,000
Thompson, Sandi
Woodside
CA
Fenwick & West
$950,156
$500,000
Rosen, Jack
New York
NY
Rosen Partners
$930,480
$500,000
Connors, Eileen and Jack
Boston
MA
Hill Holliday
$921,442
$500,000
Lasry, Marc
New York
NY
Avenue Capital
$916,506
$500,000
Barzun, Matthew
Louisville
KY
Brickpath LLC
$899,542
$500,000
Corzine, Jon
Hoboken
NJ
MF Global
$897,232
$500,000
Kovner, Sarah
New York
NY
Consultant
$858,996
$500,000
Monks, Bonnie
Cape Elizabeth
ME
Retired
$819,400
$500,000
Kempner, Michael
East Rutherford
NJ
MWW Group
$813,919
$500,000
Krupp, Lizbeth and George
Boston
MA
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte
$788,067
$500,000
Pollak, Abigail
Coral Springs
FL
Montjoy & Assoc
$780,100
$500,000
Weinstein, Harvey
New York
NY
Weinstein Co
$750,125
$500,000
Gilbert, Mark
Boca Raton
FL
Barclays Capital
$743,324
$500,000
Bonnie, Shelby
Upperville
VA
Whiskey Media
$704,542
$500,000
Stack, Geoffrey
Corona Del Mar
CA
Sares-Regis Group
$700,953
$500,000
Randlett, Lorna and Wade
San Francisco
CA
McKinsey & Co
$699,876
$500,000
Schuster, Elaine
Chestnut Hill
MA
Philanthropist
$695,998
$500,000
Wesner, Alexa
Austin
TX
Austin Ventures
$677,446
$500,000
Kramer, Orin
New York
NY
Boston Provident
$676,430
$500,000
Morgan, John
Lake Mary
FL
Morgan & Morgan
$675,650
$500,000
Clark, Bob
St. Louis
MO
Clayco Construction
$675,252
$500,000
Rudy, Kirk
Austin
TX
Endcavor Real Estate
$668,491
$500,000
Benioff, Marc
San Francisco
CA
Salesforce.Com
$617,780
$500,000
Gill and Miller, Tim and Scott
Denver
CO
Gill Foundation/UBS AG
$608,575
$500,000
Tobias, Andrew
Miami
FL
Democratic National Cmte
$608,461
$500,000
Hartley, Jane
New York
NY
Observatory Group
$581,842
$500,000
McAuliffe, Terence
McLean
VA
Greentech Automotive
$581,050
$500,000
LeVine, Suzi
Seattle
WA
Microsoft Corp
$575,258
$500,000
Wolf, Robert
Purchase
NY
UBS AG
$567,287
$500,000
Fernando, Rajiv
Chicago
IL
Chopper Trading
$566,300
$500,000
Krupp, Judi and Douglas
Weston
MA
Berkshire Group
$558,921
$500,000
Kireker, Marie and Charlie
Weybridge
VT
Twin Birches
$539,975
$500,000
Heyman, Vicki and Bruce
Chicago
IL
Goldman Sachs
$514,469
$500,000
Fidler, Josh and Genine
Owings Mills
MD
Chesapeake Realty
$505,500
$500,000
Green, Steven
Miami Beach
FL
Greenstreet Partners
$476,700
$500,000
Bell, Colleen
Los Angeles
CA
Bell-Phillip TV Productions
$466,500
$500,000
Ricketts, Laura
Chicago
IL
Ecotravel LLC
$466,231
$500,000
White Jr, Frank
Washington
DC
Advanced Concepts Inc
$447,778
$500,000
Korge, Chris
Miami
FL
Korge & Korge
$447,700
$500,000
Mailer Anderson and Miner, Robert and Nicola
San Francisco
CA
Writer/Quotidian Gallery Corp
$400,442
$500,000
Carnahan, Thomas
St. Louis
MO
Wind Capital Group
$394,055
$500,000
Berger, Mitchell
Parkland
FL
Berger Singerman PA
$392,870
$500,000
Dunham, Doug
New York
NY
Skadden, Arps et al
$391,066
$500,000
Broas, Tim
Chevy Chase
MD
Winston & Strawn
$367,287
$500,000
Roche, Robert
Shanghai
Acorn International
$363,159
$500,000
Lassiter, Mai
Los Angeles
CA
Overbrook Entertainment
$360,837
$500,000
Draper, Becky
San Francisco
CA
Investments
$359,642
$500,000
Friedman, David
Longmont
CO
Sandy River Health Systems
$347,595
$500,000
Falk, Joseph
Miami
FL
Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson
$346,159
$500,000
James, Hamilton
New York
NY
Blackstone Group
$344,250
$500,000
Bush, Dwight
Washington
DC
Urban Trust Bank
$334,862
$500,000
Cohen, Steve
Chicago
IL
Cohen Law Group
$334,294
$500,000
Halpern, Daniel
Atlanta
GA
Jackmont Hospitality
$325,360
$500,000
Emerson, John
Los Angeles
CA
Capital Group Companies
$324,295
$500,000
Hickey, Doug
San Francisco
CA
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
$316,400
$500,000
Lee, Brian
Los Angeles
CA
Legalzoom.Com
$301,966
$500,000
Beshar, Peter
Rye
NY
Marsh & McLennan
$301,150
$500,000
Wagar, Kirk
Coconut Grove
FL
Wagar, Murray & Feit
$291,734
$500,000
Munoz, Henry
San Antonio
TX
Kell Munoz Architects
$285,460
$500,000
Bernstein, Andi and Tom
New York
NY
Chelsea Piers Management
$267,080
$500,000
Mills and Heins, Stacey and Sam
Minneapolis
MN
Heins, Mills & Olson
$261,458
$500,000
Solow, Alan
Chicago
IL
Goldberg, Kohn et al
$260,543
$500,000
Wheeler, Tom
Washington
DC
Core Capital Partners
$241,270
$500,000
Susman, Sally
New York
NY
Pfizer Inc
$240,986
$500,000
Parekh, Deven
New York
NY
Insight Venture Partners
$226,100
$500,000
Mason, Linda
Belmont
MA
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
$222,440
$500,000
Schapiro and Newberger, Andy and Tamar
Chicago
IL
Mayer Brown LLP/Catbird Networks
$220,278
$500,000
Myers, Charles
Tuxedo Park
NY
Evercore Partners
$218,051
$500,000
Bean, Terry
Portland
OR
Bean Investments
$210,886
$500,000
Kenney, David
Denver
CO
Kenney Group
$204,750
$500,000
Levinson, Kathy
Los Altos
CA
LevCo Inc
$202,150
$500,000
Kiani, Massi Joseph
Laguna Nigel
CA
Masimo Corp
$200,980
$500,000
Heckler, Alex
Miami
FL
LSN Partners
$188,400
$500,000
Dodge, Stanton
Denver
CO
DISH Network
$173,654
$500,000
Maddox, Kerman
Los Angeles
CA
Dakota Communications
$171,600
$500,000
Brewster and Satawake, James "Wally" and Bob
Chicago
IL
General Growth Properties/Keller Williams Realty
$166,974
$500,000
Conlon, Kevin
Chicago
IL
Conlon Public Strategies
$166,150
$500,000
McFadden-Lawson, Mattie
Los Angeles
CA
MML Design Group
$166,130
$500,000
Lion, Margo
New York
NY
Margo Lion Ltd
$165,730
$500,000
Keller, Janet
Laguna Beach
CA
Consultant
$162,550
$500,000
Mamet, Noah
Los Angeles
CA
Noah Mamet & Assoc
$160,100
$500,000
Nichols, Mark
Washington
DC
Wesley K Clark & Assoc
$156,324
$500,000
Zuberi, Imaad
Arcadia
CA
Avenue Ventures
$153,935
$500,000
Wintour, Anna
New York
NY
Advance Publications
$147,800
$500,000
Palnick, Lazar
Pittsburgh
PA
Dkw Law Group
$144,658
$500,000
Razdan Duggal, Shefali
San Francisco
CA
Self-Employed
$142,409
$500,000
Pishevar, Shervin
Palo Alto
CA
Menlo Ventures
$137,600
$500,000
Miller, Lee
Chicago
IL
DLA Piper
$137,150
$500,000
Goodman, Mark
Cambridge
MA
Terawatt Ventures
$135,284
$500,000
Yeneroglu, Burak
Carlstadt
NJ
Bayrock Natural Stone
$133,600
$500,000
Raji, Azita
Belvedere
CA
Investor
$130,322
$500,000
Patterson, Chaka
Chicago
IL
Skadden, Arps et al
$129,767
$500,000
Hoffman, Sharon
Kansas City
MO
Retired
$118,375
$500,000
Eccles, Leni
Belvedere
CA
Retired
$115,700
$500,000
Levi, Jill
Chicago
IL
Sidley Austin LLP
$111,319
$500,000
Sherman, Bob
Boston
MA
Greenberg Traurig LLP
$107,450
$500,000
Perry, Tyler
Atlanta
GA
Tyler Perry Studios
$106,600
$500,000
Walls, Tina
Denver
CO
Retired
$103,882
$500,000
Tookes, Paula
Palm Beach Gardens
FL
Retired
$98,050
$500,000
Frank, John
Bellevue
WA
Microsoft Corp
$96,356
$500,000
Acker and Goodman, Gerald and Barry
Huntington Woods
MI
Goodman Acker PC
$96,243
$500,000
Stein, Bobby
Jacksonville
FL
Chartwell Capital Management
$95,100
$500,000
Stanton, Alexandra
New York
NY
Empire State Development
$90,350
$500,000
Brown, Kawanna
New York
NY
Magic Johnson Enterprises
$88,900
$500,000
Solomon, Ken
Los Angeles
CA
Tennis Channel
$86,750
$500,000
Avant and Sarandos, Nicole and Ted
Beverly Hills
CA
Ambassador to the Bahamas/Netflix Inc
$82,950
$500,000
Smith and Costos, Michael and James
Los Angeles
CA
Michael S Smith Inc/HBO
$81,850
$500,000
Robertson, Diane
Carrboro
NC
FoxKiser
$80,950
$500,000
Murphy, Ryan
Beverly Hills
CA
Ryan Murphy Productions
$75,800
$500,000
Austin, JP
Miami
FL
US Oncology
$74,350
$500,000
Cavero, Junelle
Phoenix
AZ
Blue Knot Strategies
$71,800
$500,000
Alters, Jeremy
Hallandale Beach
FL
Self-Employed
$69,200
$500,000
Levine, Cliff
Pittsburgh
PA
Thorp, Reed & Armstrong
$68,443
$500,000
Harris, Karen
Cape Elizabeth
ME
Volunteer
$67,091
$500,000
Barber, Rob
Cambridge
MA
Looney & Grossman
$66,439
$500,000
Rivkin, David
New York
NY
Debevoise & Plimpton
$62,366
$500,000
Parker, Yolanda "Cookie"
Los Angeles
CA
KMS Software
$58,861
$500,000
DeWitt, Meredith
Still River
MA
Meredith J Dewitt Consulting
$57,108
$500,000
Kennedy, Lena
Pasadena
CA
LI Kennedy & Assoc
$54,771
$500,000
Coney, Les
Chicago
IL
Mesirow Financial
$54,718
$500,000
Alderman, Mark
Bryn Mawr
PA
Wolf, Block et al
$54,616
$500,000
Perlman and Karas, Dana and Barry
Los Angeles
CA
Perlman & Assoc
$54,063
$500,000
Sepulveda, Eugene
Austin
TX
Entrepreneurs Fdtn of Central Texas
$48,900
$500,000
Frillman, Carol and Lou
Seattle
WA
GVA Marquette Advisors
$47,900
$500,000
Ness, Susan
Bethesda
MD
Susan Ness Strategies
$41,000
$500,000
Spinner, Steve
Menlo Park
CA
Sports Potential
$40,400
$500,000
Mason, Karol
Atlanta
GA
Alston & Bird LLP
$38,224
$500,000
Tsao-Wu, Grace
Chicago
IL
Tabula Tua
$37,043
$500,000
Spahn, Andy
Los Angeles
CA
DreamWorks SKG
$36,950
$500,000
Griffin, Chad
Beverly Hills
CA
Chad Griffin Consulting
$36,050
$500,000
Crumpler, John
Raleigh
NC
Hatteras Venture Architects
$35,800
$500,000
Hamamoto, Pam
Tiburon
CA
Retired
$30,831
$500,000
Weinstein, Andrew
Coral Springs
FL
Weinstein Law Firm
$25,523
$500,000
Bauer, Denise
San Francisco
CA
Retired
$25,505
$500,000
Parham, Michael
Seattle
WA
RealNetworks Inc
$20,425
$500,000
Buell, Justin
San Francisco
CA
John Kerry for President
$18,600
$500,000
Overton, Spencer
Chevy Chase
MD
George Washington University Law School
$18,549
$500,000
Craighead, Kelly
Washington
DC
Democracy Alliance
$15,550
$500,000
Hamilton, Carol
Beverly Hills
CA
Santa Monica College
$11,350
$500,000
O'Malley, Hon. Martin
Annapolis
MD
State of Maryland
$10,750
$500,000
Guarasci, Patrick
Milwaukee
WI
G Strategies
$10,250
$500,000
Lopez, Andres
San Juan
PR
Law Offices of Andres W Lopez
$9,900
$500,000
Saujani, Reshma
New York
NY
New York City Public Advocate
$9,101
$500,000
Emerson, Peter
New York
NY
Consultant
$8,150
$500,000
Mathis, Brian
New York
NY
Provident Group
$7,900
$500,000
Goyle, Raj
New York
NY
Attorney
$7,163
$500,000
Kraus, Michelle
Palo Alto
CA
Digital Campaigns
$7,024
$500,000
Dornbush, Kirk
Atlanta
GA
Diem Investments
$7,000
$500,000
Sacca, Chris
Healdsburg
CA
Google Inc
$6,404
$500,000
Hanson, Craig
Menlo Park
CA
Next World Capital
$5,250
$500,000
Dwyer, Carolyn
Montpelier
VT
Welch For Congress
$4,935
$500,000
Day, Justin
Tampa
FL
Cardenas Partners
$3,450
$500,000
Gardner, Anthony
London
Palamon Capital Partners
$2,750
$500,000
Harper, Keith
Bethesda
MD
Kilpatrick Stockton Llp
$2,500
$500,000
Forester, Christine
La Jolla
CA
Catalyst Business Marketing
$2,300
$500,000
Tanner, Justin
Atlanta
GA
City of Atlanta Mayor's Office
$1,300
$500,000
Rasky, Larry
Jamaica Plain
MA
Rasky Baerlin Strategic Communications
$1,000
$500,000
Nix-Hines, Crystal
Canoga Park
CA
Attorney
$1,000
$500,000
Freeman, William
Nashville
TN
Freeman Webb Co
$250
$500,000
Robinson, Alfreda
Washington
DC
George Washington University
$250
$500,000
Muse, Mike
New York
NY
Muse Recordings
$0
$200,000
$500,000
Kraus, Peter
Dallas
TX
Waters & Kraus
$1,406,954
$200,000
$500,000
Bagley, Elizabeth
Washington
DC
US Dept of State
$1,396,340
$200,000
$500,000
Ross, Laura
New York
NY
JAMS Inc
$1,288,425
$200,000
$500,000
Shaw, Beth and David
New York
NY
DE Shaw Research
$1,186,648
$200,000
$500,000
Gallogly, Mark
New York
NY
Centerbridge Partners
$1,162,528
$200,000
$500,000
Pritzker, Penny
Chicago
IL
Pritzker Realty Group
$1,070,520
$200,000
$500,000
Roe, William
Tucson
AZ
Retired
$1,027,505
$200,000
$500,000
Gottlieb, Howard
Chicago
IL
Glenwood Financial Group
$869,100
$200,000
$500,000
Stanley, Marc
Dallas
TX
Stanley, Mandel & Iola
$846,287
$200,000
$500,000
Bittel, Stephen
Miami Beach
FL
Terranova Corp
$827,434
$200,000
$500,000
Weitz, Perry
Huntington
NY
Weitz & Luxenberg
$807,071
$200,000
$500,000
Pajcic, Stephen
Jacksonville
FL
Pajcic & Pajcic
$796,034
$200,000
$500,000
Zednik, Deana and Joseph
Bonita Springs
FL
Lakeshore Trading
$795,920
$200,000
$500,000
Grant, Stuart
Willmington
DE
Grant & Eisenhofer
$783,540
$200,000
$500,000
Scully, John
Mill Valley
CA
Spo Partners & Co
$757,156
$200,000
$500,000
Adler, Michael
Miami Beach
FL
Adler Group
$743,750
$200,000
$500,000
Brosens, Frank
New York
NY
Taconic Capital Advisors
$736,175
$200,000
$500,000
Chanos, James
New York
NY
Kynikos Assoc
$690,900
$200,000
$500,000
Fass, Dan
Riverside
CT
Westmed
$683,825
$200,000
$500,000
Mahoney, Alice and Bill
New Canaan
CT
Investor
$679,126
$200,000
$500,000
Altman, Roger
New York
NY
Evercore Partners
$578,805
$200,000
$500,000
Hinkle, Don
Tallahassee
FL
Hinkle & Foran
$546,067
$200,000
$500,000
Torrey, Jim
Greenwich
CT
Torrey Funds
$532,740
$200,000
$500,000
Weiner, Mark
East Greenwich
RI
Financial Innovations Inc
$529,758
$200,000
$500,000
Higginbottom, Elzie
Chicago
IL
East Lake Management & Development
$499,220
$200,000
$500,000
Ratner, Deborah and Ron
Cleveland
OH
Forest City Enterprises
$485,595
$200,000
$500,000
Liemandt, Andra
Austin
TX
Trilogy Enterprises Inc
$456,129
$200,000
$500,000
Hirshberg, Gary
Concord
NH
Stonyfield Farm
$450,750
$200,000
$500,000
Paul, Gary
Los Angeles
CA
Waters & Kraus
$439,460
$200,000
$500,000
Westly, Steve
Menlo Park
CA
Westly Group
$438,700
$200,000
$500,000
Friedkin, Amy
San Francisco
CA
Friedkin-Becker Real Estate
$420,639
$200,000
$500,000
Cioffi, Michael
Cincinnati
OH
Blank Rome LLP
$418,150
$200,000
$500,000
Steiner, Josh
New York
NY
Quadrangle Group
$417,056
$200,000
$500,000
Harpootlian, Richard
Columbia
SC
Richard Harpootlian PA
$406,174
$200,000
$500,000
Lynton, Elizabeth Alter (Jamie)
Los Angeles
CA
Sony Pictures Entertainment
$394,131
$200,000
$500,000
Myers, Steven
Corona Del Mar
CA
Dolphin Capital Holdings
$388,500
$200,000
$500,000
Fish, Larry
Chestnut Hill
MA
Royal Bank of Scotland
$388,205
$200,000
$500,000
Hess, Anne
New York
NY
Financial Consultant
$373,659
$200,000
$500,000
Brown, III, Owsley
Louisville
KY
Filmmaker
$358,356
$200,000
$500,000
Adams, Charles
Geneva
Akin, Gump et al
$356,423
$200,000
$500,000
Mahoney, Amalia
Chicago
IL
Segal, McCambridge et al
$347,880
$200,000
$500,000
Blume, Ann and Bruce
Seattle
WA
Blume Co
$345,953
$200,000
$500,000
Streeter, Jon
Berkeley
CA
Keker & Van Nest
$340,350
$200,000
$500,000
Roberts, Marjorie
St. Thomas
VI
Marjorie Roberts PC
$335,750
$200,000
$500,000
Gray, De and Paul
Chicago
IL
Richard Gray Gallery
$326,403
$200,000
$500,000
Ginsburg, Alan
Orlando
FL
CED Construction
$320,270
$200,000
$500,000
Burnett, Jason
Carmel-by-the-Sea
CA
Burnett Ecoenergy
$319,699
$200,000
$500,000
Boone, Aimee
Dallas
TX
Texas Democratic Trust
$315,625
$200,000
$500,000
Smith, Sonjia
Charlottesville
VA
Self-Employed
$313,800
$200,000
$500,000
Sabharwal, Gabrielle and Sunil
Washington
DC
Payments International
$307,824
$200,000
$500,000
Phillips, John
Washington
DC
Phillips & Cohen
$295,470
$200,000
$500,000
Ryan, Cynthia
Washington
DC
Schooner Foundation
$293,419
$200,000
$500,000
Smith, Charles "Chuck"
Chicago
IL
Skadden, Arps et al
$288,218
$200,000
$500,000
Gray, Richard
Short Hills
NJ
Milbank, Tweed et al
$286,609
$200,000
$500,000
Aboussie, Joyce
St. Louis
MO
Aboussie & Assoc
$283,756
$200,000
$500,000
Phillips, Dean
Minneapolis
MN
Phillips Distilling
$281,350
$200,000
$500,000
Stafford, Earl and Amanda
McLean
VA
Wentworth Group
$278,450
$200,000
$500,000
Billings, David
London
Akin, Gump et al
$272,418
$200,000
$500,000
Wilbourn, Mack
Atlanta
GA
Mack II Inc
$264,951
$200,000
$500,000
Shapira, Cynthia
Fox Chapel
PA
Giant Eagle
$261,000
$200,000
$500,000
Canfield, Ken
Atlanta
GA
Doffermyre, Shields et al
$254,914
$200,000
$500,000
Poe, Bob
Orlando
FL
Emergency Communications Network
$244,350
$200,000
$500,000
Hasan, Kamil
Saratoga
CA
Hitek Venture Partners
$243,830
$200,000
$500,000
Pensky, Carol
Washington
DC
Retired
$240,514
$200,000
$500,000
Hashemi, Noosheen
Menlo Park
CA
The H.A.N.D. Foundation
$240,200
$200,000
$500,000
Lawson, Michael
Los Angeles
CA
Skadden, Arps et al
$236,054
$200,000
$500,000
Weil, Josephine
St. Louis
MO
Retired
$233,649
$200,000
$500,000
Jarin, Kenneth
Philadelphia
PA
Ballard, Spahr et al
$230,734
$200,000
$500,000
Adelson, Tom
Tulsa
OK
State of Oklahoma
$226,504
$200,000
$500,000
Campos, Roel
Washington
DC
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
$210,526
$200,000
$500,000
Wise, Judy
Chicago
IL
Facing History & Ourselves
$209,370
$200,000
$500,000
Fulp, Carol
Boston
MA
John Hancock Financial Services
$203,599
$200,000
$500,000
Levine, Mel
Pacific Palisades
CA
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
$196,537
$200,000
$500,000
Chase, Tony
Houston
TX
Chasecom Lp
$195,250
$200,000
$500,000
Murray, Bruce and Jim
Charlottesville
VA
Court Square Ventures
$192,382
$200,000
$500,000
Kang, Henry
New York
NY
AJIA Holdings
$178,600
$200,000
$500,000
Reeves, Beverly
Austin
TX
Reeves & Brightwell
$156,950
$200,000
$500,000
Karmel, Marianne
West Newton
MA
Retired
$153,450
$200,000
$500,000
Kong, Michael
Los Angeles
CA
Headway Project
$152,500
$200,000
$500,000
Rueff, Rusty
Hillsborough
CA
Self-Employed
$152,300
$200,000
$500,000
Weiss, Antonio
New York
NY
Lazard Ltd
$152,150
$200,000
$500,000
Rey, Joyce
Beverly Hills
CA
Coldwell Banker Previews
$141,077
$200,000
$500,000
Bone, Charles Robert
Nashville
TN
Bone McAllester Norton PLLC
$140,170
$200,000
$500,000
Coleman, Belinda
Upper Marlborough
MD
Coleman Group
$138,250
$200,000
$500,000
Lerner, Steve
Chapel Hill
NC
FGI Research
$137,567
$200,000
$500,000
Kaplan, Jonathan
San Francisco
CA
The Melt Restaurant
$133,700
$200,000
$500,000
Burgstone, Jonathan
San Francisco
CA
Symbol Capital LLC
$133,150
$200,000
$500,000
Garcia, Roland
Houston
TX
Greenberg Traurig LLP
$129,477
$200,000
$500,000
Bailey, Jean
Silver Spring
MD
Howard University
$128,700
$200,000
$500,000
Hill, David
Silver Spring
MD
Verizon Communications
$126,730
$200,000
$500,000
Slingerland, Dixon
Los Angeles
CA
Youth Policy Institute
$122,930
$200,000
$500,000
Sena, Mark
Tampa
FL
MediaSphere Partners
$120,950
$200,000
$500,000
Gamble Boyer, Terry
San Francisco
CA
Writer
$116,600
$200,000
$500,000
Lobo, Caren
Sarasota
FL
Wedu Tv
$115,013
$200,000
$500,000
Longoria, Eva
Los Angeles
CA
Actress
$114,100
$200,000
$500,000
Aldock, John
Bethesda
MD
Goodman Procter LLP
$112,600
$200,000
$500,000
Chun, Eunu
New York
NY
Kirkland & Ellis
$110,600
$200,000
$500,000
Schram, John
San Francisco
CA
Retired
$109,130
$200,000
$500,000
Brown, Kathryn
Oakton
VA
Verizon Communications
$108,896
$200,000
$500,000
Cashin, Stephen and Molly
Washington
DC
Pan African Capital Group
$106,946
$200,000
$500,000
Guillemard, Andres
San Juan
PR
Nachman & Guillemard
$105,352
$200,000
$500,000
Arsht, Adrienne
Washington
DC
TotalBank
$101,600
$200,000
$500,000
Scott, Shonda
Oakland
CA
360 Total Concept
$99,410
$200,000
$500,000
Cantor, Joel
Tampa
FL
Cantor & Partners
$94,600
$200,000
$500,000
Russell, Margaret
New York
NY
Conde Nast Publications
$93,050
$200,000
$500,000
Horning, Paul
Atlanta
GA
Morgan Stanley
$90,873
$200,000
$500,000
Blanch, Richard
New York
NY
Metier Tribeca
$81,600
$200,000
$500,000
Taylor, Stuart and Evonne
Chicago
IL
Analytic Innovations
$81,600
$200,000
$500,000
Zimmerman, Robert
Great Neck
NY
Zimmerman Edelson Inc
$79,507
$200,000
$500,000
Park, Catherine
Santa Monica
CA
Giant Robot
$73,559
$200,000
$500,000
Lee, Tonya Lewis and Shelton
New York
NY
Four Acres & a Mule Filmworks
$66,800
$200,000
$500,000
Cole, Paulette
New York
NY
ABC Home
$62,700
$200,000
$500,000
Cooper, Jon
Lloyd Harbor
NY
Spectronics Corp
$60,350
$200,000
$500,000
Dlugacz, Judy
San Rafael
CA
Olivia Cruises
$54,125
$200,000
$500,000
Tant, Allison
Tallahasee
FL
Greenberg Traurig LLP
$53,324
$200,000
$500,000
Garrison, David
Nashville
TN
Barrett, Johnston & Parsley
$52,761
$200,000
$500,000
Wilson, Percy
Washington
DC
Perwil Management Services
$52,186
$200,000
$500,000
Eakes, Pam
Seattle
WA
Consultant
$49,110
$200,000
$500,000
Berger, Josh
London
Warner Brothers
$48,250
$200,000
$500,000
Harris, Scott
Washington
DC
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis
$46,590
$200,000
$500,000
Polsfut, Jim
Denver
CO
Cordillera Foundation
$45,450
$200,000
$500,000
Balsera, Alfredo "Freddy"
Coral Gables
FL
Balsera Communications
$44,463
$200,000
$500,000
Zimroth, Peter
New York
NY
Arnold & Porter
$42,300
$200,000
$500,000
Cutter, Brooks
Sacramento
CA
Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff
$34,360
$200,000
$500,000
Koppelman, Nancy
Santa Barbara
CA
Retired
$33,550
$200,000
$500,000
Bardacke, Paul
Santa Fe
NM
Sutin, Thayer & Browne
$33,150
$200,000
$500,000
Cohen, Richard
Saint Paul
MN
Attorney
$29,875
$200,000
$500,000
Welch, John
McLean
VA
Jones Day
$26,250
$200,000
$500,000
Collins, Shelly Kapoor
San Francisco
CA
Enscient
$23,750
$200,000
$500,000
Forrester, Chip
Nashville
TN
Democratic Party of Tennessee
$20,600
$200,000
$500,000
Patterson-Strachan, Shaunda
Washington
DC
Jorden Burt LLP
$19,801
$200,000
$500,000
Lewis, Kenneth
Chapel Hill
NC
Womble, Carlyle et al
$19,621
$200,000
$500,000
O'Keefe, Peter
Washington
DC
Greenvale Ventures
$18,812
$200,000
$500,000
McCurdy, Greg
New York
NY
Microsoft Corp
$17,968
$200,000
$500,000
Shaw, Noah
Boston
MA
Mintz, Levin et al
$17,589
$200,000
$500,000
Tomasello, Beth
Bethesda
MD
McMillan Metro PC
$17,476
$200,000
$500,000
Solow, David
Chicago
IL
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg
$16,850
$200,000
$500,000
Dunn, Jay
Washington
DC
FTI Consulting
$13,250
$200,000
$500,000
Singh, Amy
Chicago
IL
Law Offices of Amy K Singh
$12,079
$200,000
$500,000
Zinn, Catherine
San Francisco
CA
DLA Piper
$10,650
$200,000
$500,000
Lang Sollinger, Mary
Madison
WI
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
$10,100
$200,000
$500,000
Michaels, Todd
Coral Gables
FL
Haggard Law Firm
$10,050
$200,000
$500,000
Farmer, Elspeth
Palo Alto
CA
Attorney
$9,775
$200,000
$500,000
Klein, Ron
Boca Raton
FL
US Legislator
$6,400
$200,000
$500,000
Patman, Jr, Carrin
Houston
TX
Bracewell & Giuliani
$5,750
$200,000
$500,000
Hill, Marlon
Miami
FL
Delancy Hill PA
$3,700
$200,000
$500,000
Davis, Stephen
San Francisco
CA
Vista Equity Partners
$3,200
$200,000
$500,000
Landis, Kel
Raleigh
NC
Plexus Capital
$3,000
$200,000
$500,000
Korge, Andrew
Miami
FL
Public Relations
$2,850
$200,000
$500,000
Smith, Danielle
Los Angeles
CA
Warner Music Group
$2,500
$200,000
$500,000
Cronin, Cheryl
Boston
MA
Cronin & Leonard
$2,300
$200,000
$500,000
Oblander, Kristin
Atlanta
GA
Oblander Group
$2,250
$200,000
$500,000
Booker, Mayor Cory
Newark
NJ
City of Newark, NJ
$1,500
$200,000
$500,000
Burd, David
Washington
DC
Arnold & Porter
$1,300
$200,000
$500,000
Morton, Jenna
Las Vegas
NV
N9ne Group
$1,000
$200,000
$500,000
Pollara, Ben
Coral Gables
FL
Consultant
$250
$200,000
$500,000
Ramirez, Rion
Bainbridge Island
WA
Port Madison Enterprises
$0
$200,000
$500,000
Bakalar, Steven
London
Satori Media
$0
$100,000
$200,000
Berger, Dan
Philadelphia
PA
Berger & Montague
$1,253,118
$100,000
$200,000
Chapman Meyer, Kelly
Malibu
CA
Environmental Activist
$1,191,917
$100,000
$200,000
Lavine, Jonathan
Weston
MA
Bain Capital
$1,107,100
$100,000
$200,000
Susman, Ellen
Houston
TX
Susman Godfrey LLP
$1,078,415
$100,000
$200,000
Rising, Nelson
La Canada
CA
Maguire Properties
$873,883
$100,000
$200,000
Avant, Clarence
Beverly Hills
CA
Interior Music
$826,992
$100,000
$200,000
Cooney, John
Chicago
IL
Cooney & Conway
$770,180
$100,000
$200,000
Fish, John
Roxbury
MA
Suffolk Construction
$762,448
$100,000
$200,000
Reilly, Clint
San Francisco
CA
Clinton Reilly Holdings
$757,225
$100,000
$200,000
Shirley, Jon
Medina
WA
Retired
$755,100
$100,000
$200,000
Roizman, Israel
Lafayette Hill
PA
Roizman Development
$744,300
$100,000
$200,000
Gifford, Anne and Chad
Manchester
MA
Retired
$673,389
$100,000
$200,000
Robert, Stephen
New York
NY
Source of Hope Foundation
$594,863
$100,000
$200,000
Bowles, Crandall
Charlotte
NC
Springs Industries
$537,206
$100,000
$200,000
Levin, Bill
Sausalito
CA
Levin, Simes et al
$511,000
$100,000
$200,000
Emanuel, Ari
Beverly Hills
CA
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$508,890
$100,000
$200,000
Atkinson, John
Chicago
IL
Willis Group
$498,986
$100,000
$200,000
Tiemann, Amy
Chapel Hill
NC
Red Hat Inc
$474,236
$100,000
$200,000
McGarr, Cappy
Dallas
TX
McGarr Capital
$464,700
$100,000
$200,000
Wanderman and Gorenberg, Wendy and Mark
San Francisco
CA
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
$464,020
$100,000
$200,000
Saltzman, Bettylu
Chicago
IL
Union Medical Center
$425,749
$100,000
$200,000
Lynton, Michael
Los Angeles
CA
Sony Corp of America
$394,131
$100,000
$200,000
Soref, Jeff
New York
NY
Soref Assoc
$393,050
$100,000
$200,000
McCall, Marianna and Mark
Westport
CT
Lime Rock Management
$384,161
$100,000
$200,000
Ortiz, Rafael
San Francisco
CA
Nextag Inc
$368,596
$100,000
$200,000
Warschaw, Hope
Santa Monica
CA
Warland Investments
$364,924
$100,000
$200,000
Rubin, Jamie
New York
NY
BC Partners
$364,338
$100,000
$200,000
Gorman, John
Austin
TX
Tejas Securities Group
$356,790
$100,000
$200,000
Islam, Frank
Potomac
MD
FL Investment Group
$356,100
$100,000
$200,000
McGowan, Gerry
Arlington
VA
Lukas, McGowan et al
$351,791
$100,000
$200,000
Barnes, Roy
Marietta
GA
Barnes Law Group
$346,500
$100,000
$200,000
Rosenbaum, Greg
Bethesda
MD
Palisades Assoc
$318,492
$100,000
$200,000
Grasseschi, Barbara
Healdsburg
CA
Puma Springs Vineyards
$303,186
$100,000
$200,000
Calabrese, Joe
Los Angeles
CA
O'Melveny & Myers
$300,500
$100,000
$200,000
Stern, Susie
Scarsdale
NY
Forum Capital Partners
$287,064
$100,000
$200,000
Goldman, Steve
New York
NY
Kramer, Levin et al
$271,330
$100,000
$200,000
Cavnar, Gracie
Houston
TX
Milagro Exploration
$249,902
$100,000
$200,000
Bauer, Virginia
Red Bank
NJ
Gtbm Inc
$248,250
$100,000
$200,000
Friedman, Mark
Sacramento
CA
Fulcrom Capital Corp
$246,557
$100,000
$200,000
Mayer, Marissa
San Francisco
CA
Google Inc
$242,390
$100,000
$200,000
Berghoef, Susan
Chicago
IL
Attorney
$233,680
$100,000
$200,000
Cohen, Phyllis
Houston
TX
City of West University
$225,882
$100,000
$200,000
Jacobson, Rochelle
Houston
TX
Merfish Pipe & Supply
$225,590
$100,000
$200,000
Chopra, Dr. Deepak
New York
NY
Author/Physician
$185,400
$100,000
$200,000
Bochnowski, Dave
Munster
IN
Peoples Bank
$182,825
$100,000
$200,000
Gerstell, Glenn
Washington
DC
Milbank, Tweed et al
$181,224
$100,000
$200,000
Ahn, Simon
Atlanta
GA
Ahn & Assoc
$178,545
$100,000
$200,000
Hostovich, Teena
La Canada
CA
Lockton Insurance
$176,598
$100,000
$200,000
Clark, Frank
Chicago
IL
Exelon Corp
$174,178
$100,000
$200,000
Horowitz, Richard
Wynnewood
PA
RAF Industries
$173,250
$100,000
$200,000
McDermott, Shaw
Dedham
MA
K&L Gates
$173,175
$100,000
$200,000
Carter, Rebecca
Los Angeles
CA
Coalition Media Group
$172,200
$100,000
$200,000
Kramer, Terry
Piedmont
CA
Investor
$171,850
$100,000
$200,000
Davis, Gordon
New York
NY
Dewey & LeBoeuf
$169,178
$100,000
$200,000
Lowe, Chris
New York
NY
Retired
$164,574
$100,000
$200,000
Boskind, Paul
New York
NY
Deer Oaks Mental Health
$155,817
$100,000
$200,000
Tanenbaum, Mark
Sullivan's Island
SC
Mark C Tanenbaum PA
$154,674
$100,000
$200,000
Allen, Scott
Bethesda
MD
Private Investor
$153,047
$100,000
$200,000
Freeman, Jason
Houston
TX
Hallmark Capital Group
$147,400
$100,000
$200,000
Shaw Clark, Diana
London
Writer
$145,221
$100,000
$200,000
Moore, Charley
San Francisco
CA
Rocket Lawyer
$144,150
$100,000
$200,000
Soto-Loftus, Cecilia
Malibu
CA
Malibu Party Services
$140,025
$100,000
$200,000
Birkeland, Karin
Minneapolis
MN
Attorney
$130,929
$100,000
$200,000
Leat, Chad
New York
NY
Citigroup Inc
$129,050
$100,000
$200,000
Paolino Jr., Joe
Providence
RI
Paolino Properties
$122,248
$100,000
$200,000
Lewis Sword, Leslie
New York
NY
Actress
$120,489
$100,000
$200,000
Miner, Judd
Chicago
IL
Miner, Barnhill & Galland
$110,830
$100,000
$200,000
Donovan, Robert
New York
NY
Societe Generale
$105,063
$100,000
$200,000
Richardson, Matthew
Columbia
SC
Wyche, Burgess et al
$97,308
$100,000
$200,000
Green, Ernest
Washington
DC
Barclays Capital
$90,155
$100,000
$200,000
Binder, Richard
Bethesda
MD
Physician
$86,412
$100,000
$200,000
Rothblatt, Martine
Satelite Beach
FL
United Therapeautics
$82,644
$100,000
$200,000
Oram, John
Beverly Hills
MI
Procare Comprehensive Health Plan
$82,000
$100,000
$200,000
Husain, Nomi
Houston
TX
Law Office of Nomaan K Husain
$70,900
$100,000
$200,000
McLain, Thomas
Los Angeles
CA
Arnold & Porter
$64,150
$100,000
$200,000
Kessler, Alan
Wynnewood
PA
Duane Morris LLP
$61,962
$100,000
$200,000
Peebles, R. Donahue
Washington
DC
Peebles Atlantic Development
$60,099
$100,000
$200,000
Burris, John
Oakland
CA
Law Office of John Burris
$59,006
$100,000
$200,000
Cedarbaum, Jonathan
Washington
DC
WilmerHale LLP
$53,750
$100,000
$200,000
Taylor, Michele
Atlanta
GA
Homemaker
$51,551
$100,000
$200,000
Carr, Michelle
Chicago
IL
Goldman Sachs
$46,325
$100,000
$200,000
Lesser, Tom
Northhampton
MA
Lesser, Newman & Nasser
$45,083
$100,000
$200,000
Schwartz, Joshua
Chicago
IL
Retirement Plan Advisors
$43,320
$100,000
$200,000
Wolf, David
Long Beach
CA
Screenwriter
$43,084
$100,000
$200,000
Segal, Greg
New York
NY
Seavest Inc
$41,300
$100,000
$200,000
Ousterhout, Jo
Washington
DC
Metta Journeys LLC
$40,000
$100,000
$200,000
Li, Michael
Dallas
TX
Ryan Inc
$39,550
$100,000
$200,000
Lemke-von Ammon, Derek
Yountville
CA
FT Ventures
$37,850
$100,000
$200,000
Zeldin, Michael
Washington
DC
Deloitte & Touche
$36,800
$100,000
$200,000
Wilkins, Ann Marie
Cambridge
MA
Wilkins Management
$35,600
$100,000
$200,000
Mitchell, Gloria
Los Angeles
CA
Community Family Care IPA
$34,465
$100,000
$200,000
Christoffersen, Erik
San Francisco
CA
Consultant
$34,240
$100,000
$200,000
Suarez, Phil
New York
NY
Suarez Restaurant Group
$34,200
$100,000
$200,000
Sharp, Ira
Naples
FL
Alderson Court Reporting
$30,002
$100,000
$200,000
Castro, Martin
Chicago
IL
Castro Synergies LLC
$29,900
$100,000
$200,000
Millman, Samantha
Beverly Hills
CA
MiLLCo Investments
$28,594
$100,000
$200,000
Bickford, Jewelle
New York
NY
Genspring Family Offices
$27,650
$100,000
$200,000
Gail, David
Dallas
TX
Gail & Assoc
$26,550
$100,000
$200,000
Whitlock, Linda
Newton
MA
Whitlock Group
$24,850
$100,000
$200,000
Lowenstein, Barbara
New York
NY
Lowenstein-Yost Assoc
$20,385
$100,000
$200,000
Vongerichten, Jean-Georges
New York
NY
Jean-Georges Enterprises
$20,300
$100,000
$200,000
Gile, John
Los Angeles
CA
John L Gile & Assoc
$19,226
$100,000
$200,000
Bastress, Susan
Stevensville
MD
Bastress & Assoc
$18,698
$100,000
$200,000
Duckenfield, David
Coral Gables
FL
Balsera Communications
$17,400
$100,000
$200,000
Edington, Patricia
Mobile
AL
Heirloom Appraisals Antiques
$16,800
$100,000
$200,000
McKean, David
Washington
DC
Woodrow Wilson Intl Center For Scholars
$14,750
$100,000
$200,000
Tuchow, Matt
San Francisco
CA
McKesson Corp
$14,360
$100,000
$200,000
Hughes, Kate
Princeton
NJ
Writer
$14,300
$100,000
$200,000
Moresky, Lana
Shaker Heights
OH
Retired
$14,124
$100,000
$200,000
Whittaker, Kim
Winchester
MA
Commonwealth of Massachussetts
$12,549
$100,000
$200,000
Hasan, Khalid
Gilbert
AZ
Pediatric Endocrine Gilbert
$10,700
$100,000
$200,000
Rosen, David
Chicago
IL
Equity Group Investments
$9,750
$100,000
$200,000
Gold, Judy
Chicago
IL
Perkins Coie
$8,325
$100,000
$200,000
Tankha, Kavita
Los Altos Hills
CA
Attorney
$8,200
$100,000
$200,000
Sterner, Amy
Seattle
WA
Dorsey & Whitney
$8,150
$100,000
$200,000
Hijazi, Hala
San Francisco
CA
City & County of San Francisco, CA
$6,250
$100,000
$200,000
Benjamin, Brian
New York
NY
Benjamin Capital Solutions
$6,150
$100,000
$200,000
Young, Jonathan
Washington
DC
CJ Lake
$6,050
$100,000
$200,000
Brown, Anthony
Bowie
MD
State of Maryland
$4,850
$100,000
$200,000
Fernandez, Giselle
Los Angeles
CA
TV Journalist
$4,800
$100,000
$200,000
Chesley, Rick
Chicago
IL
Paul, Hastings et al
$4,000
$100,000
$200,000
Newmark, Steven
New York
NY
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
$3,400
$100,000
$200,000
Oparnica, Danica
Phoenix
AZ
Nurse Practitioner
$3,350
$100,000
$200,000
Buckley, Raymond
Manchester
NH
Nh Democratic Party
$2,717
$100,000
$200,000
Young, Chris
Oakland
CA
Morrison & Foerster
$2,300
$100,000
$200,000
Johnson, Stacii Jae
Atlanta
GA
Value Plus Investments
$2,300
$100,000
$200,000
Reddy, Girish
Jersey City
NJ
Drisma Capital Partners
$2,000
$100,000
$200,000
Bond McKeever, Candace
Malibu
CA
Infusion Media
$1,800
$100,000
$200,000
Fletcher, Joe
Carmel-by-the-Sea
CA
Joe Fletcher Presents
$1,800
$100,000
$200,000
Leto, Jared
Los Angeles
CA
Musician
$1,405
$100,000
$200,000
Smith, Nadine
St. Petersburg
FL
Equality Florida
$250
$100,000
$200,000
Dominique, Ariel
Miami
FL
$0
$100,000
$200,000
Axelrod, Michael
Chicago
IL
Grant Park Global
$0
$100,000
$200,000
Corrigan, John
Chicago
IL
EDO Interactive
$-15,695
$50,000
$100,000
Buttenwieser, Peter
Philadelphia
PA
Peter L Buttenwieser & Assoc
$1,752,732
$50,000
$100,000
Egerman, Paul
Weston
MA
Escription Inc
$1,606,600
$50,000
$100,000
Richman, Ellen and Richard
Greenwich
CT
Richman Group
$1,519,600
$50,000
$100,000
Field, Marie and Joseph
Philadelphia
PA
Entercom Communications
$1,244,117
$50,000
$100,000
Scheide, Judith and William
Princeton
NJ
Retired
$1,188,859
$50,000
$100,000
Steyer, Tom
San Francisco
CA
Farallon Capital Management
$1,166,850
$50,000
$100,000
Unterman, Thomas
Pacific Palisades
CA
Rustic Canyon Partners
$1,158,633
$50,000
$100,000
Meredith, Lynn
Austin
TX
Meredith Family Investments
$981,074
$50,000
$100,000
Curling, Donna
Roswell
GA
New Kent Capital
$860,827
$50,000
$100,000
Corrente and Kooyker, Judith-Ann and Wim
New York
NY
Blenheim Capital Management
$860,008
$50,000
$100,000
Lee, Barbara
Cambridge
MA
Barbara Lee Family Foundation
$857,410
$50,000
$100,000
Zarin and Rosenfeld, Judith and Gerald
New York
NY
Lazard Ltd
$853,944
$50,000
$100,000
Wallace, Christy and Scott
Bethesda
MD
Wallace Global Fund
$839,800
$50,000
$100,000
Chernin, Peter
Santa Monica
CA
Chernin Entertainment
$812,308
$50,000
$100,000
Gutman, Joseph
Chicago
IL
Grosvenor Capital Management
$784,547
$50,000
$100,000
Funger, Norma Lee and Morton
Potomac
MD
Ralmor Corp
$732,166
$50,000
$100,000
Novello, Peter
New York
NY
Far Hills Group
$693,674
$50,000
$100,000
Belluck, David
Boston
MA
Riverside Partners
$635,478
$50,000
$100,000
McLarty, Thomas
Washington
DC
McLarty Companies
$557,060
$50,000
$100,000
Mindich, Eric
New York
NY
Eton Park Capital Management
$530,900
$50,000
$100,000
Byrd, Andrew
Nashville
TN
Andrew W Byrd & Co
$522,845
$50,000
$100,000
Minard, Sally
New York
NY
Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
$508,025
$50,000
$100,000
Hamamoto, Marty and David
New York
NY
Northstar Realty Finance
$491,300
$50,000
$100,000
Beyer, Megan
Alexandria
VA
Persephone Productions
$480,492
$50,000
$100,000
Brotman, Susan
Medina
WA
Costco Wholesale
$466,350
$50,000
$100,000
Granoff, Michael
Purchase
NY
Pomona Capital
$447,294
$50,000
$100,000
Duff, John
Washington
DC
Duff, Ackerman & Goodrich
$425,000
$50,000
$100,000
Mulye, Nirmal
Kendall Park
NJ
Nostrum Pharmaceuticals
$371,000
$50,000
$100,000
Friedman, Cynthia
Palm Beach
FL
Private Investor
$367,732
$50,000
$100,000
Richardson, Terry
Barnwell
SC
Richardson, Patrick et al
$365,790
$50,000
$100,000
Garfield, Marie and Matthew
Philadelphia
PA
Garfield Refinery
$363,975
$50,000
$100,000
Dolgen, David and Ellen
Coronado
CA
Dolgen Ventures
$323,043
$50,000
$100,000
Duff, Patricia
New York
NY
Plum Tv
$317,085
$50,000
$100,000
Isaacs, Rita
Piedmont
CA
Merlin Securities
$311,625
$50,000
$100,000
Brender, Art
Fort Worth
TX
Law Offices of Art Brender
$303,244
$50,000
$100,000
Pang, Sheldon
Greenwich
CT
Freepoint Commodities
$294,900
$50,000
$100,000
Washienko, Kathy
Seattle
WA
Self-Employed
$293,135
$50,000
$100,000
Layden, Don
Wauwatosa
WI
Quarles & Brady
$248,480
$50,000
$100,000
Replogle, John
Raleigh
NC
Seventh Generation
$248,100
$50,000
$100,000
Rawson, Jr., Robert
Shaker Heights
OH
Jones Day
$246,550
$50,000
$100,000
Draizin, Mitch
New York
NY
Longview Capital Advisors
$227,793
$50,000
$100,000
White, Bill
Houston
TX
White Interests
$224,152
$50,000
$100,000
Lee, Debra
Washington
DC
Black Entertainment Television
$216,974
$50,000
$100,000
Coles, Michael
Atlanta
GA
Caribou Coffee
$214,050
$50,000
$100,000
Andrew, Joe
Potomac
MD
SNR Denton
$213,591
$50,000
$100,000
Farber, Steve
Denver
CO
Brownstein, Hyatt et al
$210,426
$50,000
$100,000
Boyan, Elise
San Antonio
TX
Consultant
$192,850
$50,000
$100,000
McHugh, Gerald
Philadelphia
PA
Raynes & McCarty
$189,950
$50,000
$100,000
Rusinow, Jeff
Milwaukee
WI
ModernMed
$184,800
$50,000
$100,000
Segal, Rick
White Plains
NY
Seavest Inc
$181,624
$50,000
$100,000
Terrasi, Ursula
Parkville
MO
Scandia Down Kansas City
$177,941
$50,000
$100,000
Newton, Grace "Jerry"
Chicago
IL
Personal PAC
$172,480
$50,000
$100,000
Sanchez, Manuel
Chicago
IL
Sanchez & Daniels
$168,724
$50,000
$100,000
Lee, Nathaniel
Indianapolis
IN
Lee, Cossell et al
$164,950
$50,000
$100,000
Bourkoff, Aryeh
New York
NY
UBS AG
$162,485
$50,000
$100,000
Ross, Neil
Chicago
IL
Retired
$161,354
$50,000
$100,000
Miller, John
Grafton
WI
Miller-St Nazianz Inc
$154,863
$50,000
$100,000
Pierce, Wendell
New Orleans
LA
HBO
$150,300
$50,000
$100,000
Stone, Jeff
Honolulu
HI
Resort Group
$146,050
$50,000
$100,000
Leving, Jeffery
Chicago
IL
Law Offices of Jeffrey M Leving
$145,667
$50,000
$100,000
Levinger, Janet
Bellevue
WA
Community Volunteer
$141,995
$50,000
$100,000
Watson, Olive
Miami
FL
Real Estate Development
$139,300
$50,000
$100,000
Plepler, Richard
New York
NY
HBO
$139,200
$50,000
$100,000
Berliant, Allan
Cincinnati
OH
Best Express Foods
$132,204
$50,000
$100,000
Stevens, George
Washington
DC
Consultant
$126,189
$50,000
$100,000
Hamilton, Ann
Pasadena
CA
Rob Sag Co
$117,125
$50,000
$100,000
Stein, Sanford
Chicago
IL
Quarles & Brady
$108,538
$50,000
$100,000
Von Hoene, William
Chicago
IL
Exelon Corp
$102,657
$50,000
$100,000
Pena, Federico
Denver
CO
Vestar Capital Partners
$101,570
$50,000
$100,000
Schell, Michael
Chatham
MA
Attorney
$101,200
$50,000
$100,000
Payne, James
Beaumont
TX
Provost & Umphrey
$99,576
$50,000
$100,000
Goyal, Maneesh
New York
NY
MKG Productions
$97,300
$50,000
$100,000
Nye, Dan
San Francisco
CA
Rocket Lawyer
$95,800
$50,000
$100,000
Adams, Ware
Washington
DC
Dean & Co
$90,600
$50,000
$100,000
Kennedy, Patrick
Portsmouth
RI
Consultant
$90,269
$50,000
$100,000
Cohen, Bruce
Los Angeles
CA
Bruce Cohen Productions
$89,677
$50,000
$100,000
Brown, David
New York
NY
Paul, Weiss et al
$89,350
$50,000
$100,000
Perkins, Giles
Birmingham
AL
Miller, Hamilton et al
$86,352
$50,000
$100,000
Berke, Barry
New York
NY
Kramer, Levin et al
$79,580
$50,000
$100,000
Riggs, Adam
Washington
DC
Investor
$77,100
$50,000
$100,000
Fishman, Andrew
Weston
CT
Schonfeld Group
$75,919
$50,000
$100,000
Lebow-Sachs, Lainy
Baltimore
MD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
$73,000
$50,000
$100,000
Leemputte, Dania
Chicago
IL
Homemaker
$70,730
$50,000
$100,000
Ruiz, Jesse
Chicago
IL
Drinker, Biddle & Reath
$68,441
$50,000
$100,000
Finegan, Cole
Denver
CO
Hogan Lovells
$66,192
$50,000
$100,000
Gaynor, Judith
Chicago
IL
Retired
$65,775
$50,000
$100,000
LaForce, James
New York
NY
Laforce & Stevens
$64,925
$50,000
$100,000
Pravda, Susan
Newton
MA
Foley & Lardner
$63,350
$50,000
$100,000
Ellis, Rodney
Houston
TX
Texas State Senate
$61,499
$50,000
$100,000
Dintersmith, Ted
Charlottesville
VA
Charles River Ventures
$60,818
$50,000
$100,000
Pierre, Laurinus "Larry"
Miami
FL
GMHETC
$54,400
$50,000
$100,000
Jonsson, Laurie
Seattle
WA
Guy Carpenter
$54,060
$50,000
$100,000
Sherr, Harry
Wellesley
MA
Self-Employed
$53,950
$50,000
$100,000
Weiss, Daniel
Los Angeles
CA
Angeleno Group
$50,299
$50,000
$100,000
Coleman, Garnet
Houston
TX
Affordable Apartments for America
$48,155
$50,000
$100,000
Johnson, Orlan
Bowie
MD
Milbank, Tweed et al
$39,700
$50,000
$100,000
Morrison, Richard "Dick"
Kemah
TX
Law Office of Richard Morrison
$37,289
$50,000
$100,000
Bierman, James
Stanford
CA
Retired
$37,140
$50,000
$100,000
Pendell, Jerome
Danville
CA
Pandell Law Firm
$35,636
$50,000
$100,000
Jennings, Kevin
New York
NY
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Educ Network
$35,349
$50,000
$100,000
D'Orta, Dr. James
Washington
DC
Consumer Health Services
$34,340
$50,000
$100,000
Cruise, Daniel
New York
NY
Alcoa Inc
$32,232
$50,000
$100,000
Katz, Marilyn
Chicago
IL
Mk Communications
$29,314
$50,000
$100,000
Lenter, Richard
Bloomfield Hills
MI
Law Offices of Richard Lenter
$28,300
$50,000
$100,000
Apteker, Jim
Brookline
MA
Longwood Events
$27,750
$50,000
$100,000
Glazer, Jill
New Orleans
LA
Self-Employed
$25,000
$50,000
$100,000
Sall, John
Cary
NC
SAS Institute
$25,000
$50,000
$100,000
Wolosky, Lee
New York
NY
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
$22,100
$50,000
$100,000
Quarles, Charles
Los Angeles
CA
Bedford Group
$22,000
$50,000
$100,000
Hartman, John
Chicago
IL
Rise Group
$19,200
$50,000
$100,000
Smith, Ruben
Aliso Viejo
CA
AlvaradoSmith
$18,790
$50,000
$100,000
Cooley, David
Los Angeles
CA
Abbey Food & Bar
$18,600
$50,000
$100,000
Smith, Mark
New York
NY
UBS Financial Services
$17,899
$50,000
$100,000
Schmitz, Paul
Milwaukee
WI
Public Allies
$17,416
$50,000
$100,000
Garai, Gabor
Newton
MA
Foley & Lardner
$16,100
$50,000
$100,000
Readey, Jay
Chicago
IL
Chicago Lawyers Cmte for Civil Rights
$15,983
$50,000
$100,000
Leaphart, Keith
Philadelphia
PA
Physician
$14,950
$50,000
$100,000
Sorrell, Michael
Dallas
TX
Paul Quinn College
$14,948
$50,000
$100,000
White, Greg
Chicago
IL
LEARN Charter School
$13,950
$50,000
$100,000
Shin, Haeryung
Seattle
WA
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
$13,750
$50,000
$100,000
Gorman, Matt
Bethesda
MD
Gorman & Assoc
$13,304
$50,000
$100,000
Alsdorf, Sarah
Seattle
WA
Alsdorf Dispute Resolution
$13,150
$50,000
$100,000
Mills, Jon
Gainesville
FL
University of Florida
$12,125
$50,000
$100,000
Duggal, Anu
New York
NY
Entrepreneur
$12,000
$50,000
$100,000
Telman, Nigel and Deborah
Chicago
IL
Proskauer Rose/Abbott Laboratories
$11,153
$50,000
$100,000
Hanley, Joe
Boston
MA
McDermott, Quilty & Miller
$10,650
$50,000
$100,000
Dobmeier, Tracy
Seattle
WA
Homemaker
$10,400
$50,000
$100,000
Becker, Josh
Menlo Park
CA
New Cycle Capital
$9,650
$50,000
$100,000
Romero, Ross
Salt Lake City
UT
Zions Bancorp
$7,435
$50,000
$100,000
Saluja, Didi
Seattle
WA
Microsoft Corp
$7,400
$50,000
$100,000
Austin Pamies, Michelle
Miami
FL
Attorney
$7,250
$50,000
$100,000
Few, Arvia
Houston
TX
Reliant Energy
$7,149
$50,000
$100,000
Herlinsky, Victor
Hackensack
NJ
Nowell, Amoroso et al
$7,100
$50,000
$100,000
Jones, Rosemary
Richmond
VA
Retired
$6,692
$50,000
$100,000
Anders, Michael
San Francisco
CA
Goldman Sachs
$6,550
$50,000
$100,000
Garfinkle, David
Glendale
CA
Renegade 83 Productions
$6,000
$50,000
$100,000
Caputo, Elizabeth
New York
NY
Stifel Nicolaus Inc
$5,928
$50,000
$100,000
Casher, Eric
San Francisco
CA
Meyers Nave
$5,480
$50,000
$100,000
Brown, Andy
Austin
TX
Munsch, Hardt et al
$5,400
$50,000
$100,000
Brest, Phillip
Stanford
CA
Student
$5,050
$50,000
$100,000
Shaw, Carolyn
Los Angeles
CA
CJ's Elegance
$5,000
$50,000
$100,000
Harkins, Ryan
Seattle
WA
Microsoft Corp
$4,000
$50,000
$100,000
Chandoo, Hasan
Armonk
NY
C Hach Trading
$3,750
$50,000
$100,000
Alogna, Forrest
Paris
Darrois, Villey et al
$3,650
$50,000
$100,000
Sargent, Todd
Los Angeles
CA
Hitachi Consulting
$3,438
$50,000
$100,000
Waskey, Jason
Rockville
MD
State of Maryland
$3,351
$50,000
$100,000
Whelan, Michael
Tulsa
OK
Attorney
$3,050
$50,000
$100,000
Winthrop, Jay
Greenwich
CT
Douglass Winthrop Advisors
$3,000
$50,000
$100,000
Dix, David
Philadelphia
PA
Luminous Strategies
$3,000
$50,000
$100,000
Goldberg, Jeremy
New York
NY
212 Media
$2,800
$50,000
$100,000
Cofer, Rick
Austin
TX
Travis County Prosecutor
$2,000
$50,000
$100,000
Ortner, Eric
Los Angeles
CA
Spivak Management
$1,500
$50,000
$100,000
Wisniewski, Chairman John
Sayreville
NJ
State of New Jersey
$1,500
$50,000
$100,000
Harper, Ryan
Stanford
CA
Law Student
$1,000
$50,000
$100,000
Picard, Valerie
Paris
Agora Holdings France
$1,000
$50,000
$100,000
Prats, Roberto
San Juan
PR
Melendez-Perez, Ledesma & Prat
$785
$50,000
$100,000
Phillips, Solon
Farmington
MI
Wayne County, MI
$750
$50,000
$100,000
Kemerer, Hannibal
Washington
DC
Patton Boggs LLP
$500
$50,000
$100,000
Vranicar, Paul
Atlanta
GA
Holland & Knight
$500
$50,000
$100,000
Daniels, La'Keitha
Atlanta
GA
Sweet Justice
$0
$50,000
$100,000
DeFlorimonte, Michael
Oakland
CA
michaelD. Communications
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Whyte, Daryle
Danville
CA
Tri-Valley Bank
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Williams, Nikema
Atlanta
GA
Planned Parenthood
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Mogull, Mike
Miami
FL
The Mogull Group
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Ellis, Matt
Austin
TX
Photographer
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Briggs, Terrinee
Atlanta
GA
Collective Renaissance Guild
$0
$50,000
$100,000
Henriquez, Anita
Tampa
FL
$0
*The "Contributions" column indicates the total amount the bundler, his/her spouse and dependent children have given to all federal candidates, parties and PACs in all election cycles since 1990.
Barack Obama's campaign does not release employer or occupation of bundlers. The employers displayed for Obama's bundlers are based on CRP research. Bundlers' names and ranges based on information available on Obama's web site on July 20, 2012
The totals listed in this table are based on CRP research and may not match the contributions visible using our Donor Lookup tool, which searches FEC data based on name and state. Individual contribution data based on data available from the Federal Election Commission on 10/01/2012.
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Sorry, I clicked and gave Irvingbarefoot a plus vote (probably will be the only one, thank God!) Being that the money guys have ALL given their money to Romney, I think it's safe to say that Obama's donation haven't come from overseas...unless one of Romney's blind trusts sent the cash from Switzerland, Bermuda, Caymans, etc. Pathetic is when someone doesn't have a CORE. This man has changed each and everyone of his "positions" depending on the people he's speaking to. He's Pro-Choice....no, no, no, he's not Pro-Choice. He's Severely Conservative....no, no, no, he's a Moderate. He is a bald- face liar pure and simple. He will come on TV and deny he's said something even though a clip of his statement is being shown in the background. HE IS A LIAR! He will and has said ANYTHING to get elected. If you ask him exactly what he'll do if elected, he says we'll have to wait until afterwards. WTF!! This person cannot be trusted. He wants to be President, but doesn't really want all that entails. He would love to walk into a room and hear Hail to the Chief. All the pomp and pageantry he would love. But the real grit and grind of the job, he'd pass on to an "assistant". Norquist said they didn't want a leader, only someone with working digits to sign what they put before him. Romney is the right guy for that.
Obama gets $15 millions in one night from his Hollywood buddies, and people think he's so "hip and cool".
What people are unaware of, is that Hollywood is a massive lobbyist that helped write up the absolute atrocity that was the SOPA bill.
Hey Sarah Palin ^^, you have too much time on your hands. I guess that's what happens when you can't even make it on Faux News. By the way, did your mother ever have any children that lived?
So Multi-Millionaire Mittens has to have people shill for him, to raise cash so he doesn't have to spend ANY OF HIS OWN MONEY.... What ever happened to that wonderful Right-wing Conservative Rallying Cry of "Stop Spending Other Peoples' Money"?
Oh, right, it's us "47%" who are not allowed to spend other peoples' money -- but the super-rich Right-wingers get to do it all the time. My bad.
But it's fine if Obama does it, right Agnon? God, the double standards of the left. Gotta love it............
@Ed et al
First let me comment about how this article states "The Center for Public Integrity is a non-profit, independent investigative news outlet"
When if you actually follow the link to the "storyteller Mike Beckel" when you read his bio he has zero independent investigation as a previous storyteller for MotherJones. Quite honestly he's an extreme leftist hack looking for a bone.
Secondly how is the money that the conservative side supposed to be creating jobs per your comment when in fact it's the loser-in-chief who has that responsibilty ( and is failing at it miserably) and has never created a single job in his entire private life?
Can a real American vote for this horse's rear end?
Livingbarefoot....I loved the outrageously long post. It puts it all in perspective.
I read earlier today where Romney wasn't present for over 200 days during his term as governor....
They confirmed that he was at vacationing spots out in the western states....
So you can clearly see what Romney thinks about this country....
He will set the country on cruise control and hope there aren't any obstacles in the way....
You're wrong....he wasn't present for over 400 days! Also had an elevator in the capitol solely to himself so he didn't have to "mingle" with the great unwashed in his state legislature.
Thanks ivingbarefoot for making the point (even though that was not your intention): Unlike Romney's, Obama's campain finances are all in the open for everyone to see! And not a single lobbyist on the list. Thanks again!
Obama is a Joke.. any one who looks at what he has done could see this.. This Democrat is voting for Romney!
Well, I read today that Obama has missed over 40% of his security briefings. Ouch.
Convenient they leave out the unions $$$ (Obama's pushing infrastructure and teachers -- uh union), Carlos Slim (maker of the Obamaphone) -- billionaire donor, Solyndra (BO donor and bundler), oh I could go on but even you lefties MAY get the drift. Ring Ring pot calling kettle! Lapdogs -- so predictable.
This just goes to show you how desperate the corporate elite are for buying the White House and your vote to keep the loopholes of money to continue flowing into their pockets. While at the same time making the middle class their slaves with minimum wages to pay their missing share of taxes. If this is what you and the subordinate women have in mind, then vote for the GOP. You'll get exactly what you deserve. Otherwise, vote a straight Democratic as all in my family already have done so. Fort those, who still can't make up your mind as to whom to vote for by now, then just quit your grand standing of indecision. Don't you just love how the Koch Brothers threatened their employees with a loss of their jobs if Obama is elected. That's just more of their trench rat like behavior with them and the GOP. And then you wonder why Obama hasn't made far more progress. But it's okay with the Republicans if Bush had 8 years to totally destroy our economy while giving Obama less than 4 years to fully restore the disaster that the Republicans created. And let's not forget the GOP Party of "NO and DO NOTHING" unless they get their social entitlements for the rich, who so desperately need it (so they can continue hording it and not hiring or creating new jobs). Don't give up your rights and freedoms to these corporate warlords. Fight them, because they have no idea of what life is like for the everyday working people striving just to provide food on their table. Look to the future and not back to more tax breaks for the almighty elite. Obama knows about the hard life while Romney was born with a gold spoon in his mouth and hasn't held a full time job since 2002. The only thing Romney has going on his agenda now is full time campaigning while has that plus a full time job our Nations problems. Remember too, that Romney's previous job as CEO was to bankrupt businesses, firing all the workers, and then outsourcing those same positions overseas (esp. China) for 24 cents an hour. Is this the wage you want under him in order to keep the jobs here? People like him don't just change their colors overnight? They just continue flip-flopping hourly!!
Vote a straight Democratic Ticket for 2012 until the GOP reforms their ugly, self-centered, and greedy Party positions.
I refuse to vote with Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers.
They DO NOT represent my best interests.
Before you cast your ballot, you should take a look at whose side you're voting on.
From NPR:
The SuperPAC Superdonors
Look at who is giving, what business they're in and HOW MUCH they're donating.
Then decide if you want to vote with the oil industry or not.
Reallly: "Obama, who, as president, has taken a tough stance against lobbyists in his rhetoric and policies, has not taken money from lobbyist-bundlers, according to records"
No he gets his money from the foreign bundler with ties to China. Maybe some from his buds in the middle east, giving back some of what he gave them with our tax dollars. Payback for keeping our dollars flowing to them for oil.
Can you say for sale to the highest bidder. Allyou have to do is fact check what he says's, and then listen to his campaign say that not what he met to say.Willard is a serial lair, 95% of what he says is a lie, Don't beleive me Fact check him. Who is Willard Rmoney?
Norquist told party activists back in February,
the true direction of the GOP is being mapped out by congressional hardliners.
All the Republicans need to realize their vision, he said, is a president
"with enough working digits to handle a pen."
Romney has now adopted every letter of
the Ryan agenda. Take it from Ed Gillespie, senior adviser to the campaign:
"If the Ryan budget had come to his desk as president," Gillespie
said of Romney, "he would have signed it, of course."
"Ryan
takes out the ax and goes after programs for the poor – which is the last thing
you ought to cut," says David Stockman, who served as Ronald Reagan's
budget director. "It's ideology run amok."
Republicans in Congress have repeatedly put
ideology before creating jobs. For more than a year, they've refused to put
President Obama's jobs bill up for a vote, even though projections show it
would create nearly 2 million jobs without adding a penny to the deficit.
In
addition, the Republicans' signature initiative last year – the debt-ceiling
standoff – was a jobs-killer, applying the brakes to the economic recovery.
From February through April 2011, the economy had been adding 200,000 jobs a
month. But during the uncertainty created by the congressional impasse, job
creation was cut in half for every month the standoff‑continued. And according
to the Economic Policy Institute, the immediate spending cuts required by the
debt-ceiling compromise are likely to shrink the economy by $43 billion this
year, killing nearly 323,000 jobs.
What Ryan markets as his "Path to
Prosperity" would make things even worse: The draconian cuts in his latest
budget, according to the EPI, would put an additional drag on the economy,
destroying another 4.1 million jobs by 2014.
Last year, the House passed a bill that would broadly
prohibit women from purchasing insurance plans that cover abortion. The
so-called Protect Life Act would also allow hospitals to refuse a dying woman
an abortion that would save her life. Ryan himself co-sponsored legislation
that would have made it impossible for impoverished victims of rape and incest
to receive abortions unless their assault met a narrow definition of
"forcible rape." Under the bill's language, for instance, federal
abortion coverage would be denied to a 12-year-old girl impregnated by a
40-year-old man, unless she could prove she fought back.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-real-agenda-20120928#ixzz27nYkYxX2
Well if you fact check Obama, he lies most of the time.
PTI,
jersy girl1 = snookie
Actually, no. If you go to FactCheck.org, you'll see that Obama is factual most of the time.
Far more so than Romney or Ryan.
Do you want to vote for Goldman Sachs?
Because Romney has hundreds of millions of his $$ stashed with them. And Goldman is giving him the majority of their contributions this year. Coincidence?
Any idea how he'll govern if he has to make decisions affecting them?
Here's what worries me about a Romney/Ryan administration:
From the Washington Post:
Talk about buying a pig in a poke!
Obama/Biden 2012
The only sane choice
Go Mitt. High unemployment 4 years under Obummer. Where are his jobs? He may be creating jobs but we are losing as many or more under him. Where is the good economy he promised? I am worse off as a small business owner than I was 4 years ago. We need a business man in office not a community organizer. I am tired of his spin.
Dee...
"I am worse off as a small business owner than I was 4 years ago"
Lol...yea sure you were better off when the econemy was in the sh1tter. And excatally how are you "worse off"
If you think Romney will create a single job you better think again. His policies will kill the "golden goose". We may not be able to recover from a Romney presidency and that is a fact.
Then you either sell a product that isn't seen as really needed, or you need help running your business.
As a VP of a small business, we have seen a combined growth of nearly 23% over the last 4 years. On top of that, we are expanding into 4 new regions next year.
Also, no matter how small the gains, we do in fact have more people employed now than 4 years ago. So your statement about losing more jobs under Obama is false.
If I'm not mistaken, the Tan Man and Teapublicans were elected to get those jobs, jobs, jobs. That's how they won in 2010 remember...jobs, jobs, jobs and laser focus? What have we gotten instead, 32 votes on abortion and abortions rights. They wouldn't even allow a vote on the jobs bill sent to them. Cut the crap. They got together the FIRST NIGHT planning on how to make Obama a one-term President and the f----kers have proven true to their words. Screw America and Americans, just get him out of office.
Hey oldladyisback:
The House has passed over 30 jobs bills and they are sitting on the desk of Harry Reid, who is refusing them to even be brought up for vote. Stop spewing off nonsense and get your facts right.
@NYMike;
Are you going to be expanding into, say, the Upper Midwest? I've been relegated to temporary part-time ever since Bush II started his second term, and now none of the Right-wing Conservative Tea-Tagger business owners here really want to hire anyone over the age of 40 if they can't move faster than the average teenager on speed -- no matter the amount of actual experience they have. That, and they insist on people working 12 hour days with only 10-15 minutes for lunch....
The way this country is going, it's headed right back to the "good ol' days" of the 19th Century -- complete with working 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, just to pay the rent on a tiny two-room apartment with a fantastic view of the wall right outside the kitchen window. That's IF jobs are actually brought back to the U.S.
Hey, WeiserJG;
IF there are actually any "jobs bills" sitting on Harry Reid's desk, it's because Congress (in its infinite greed and political pandering) is in RECESS until after the elections. Stop spewing nonsense and get your facts straight.
You think they passed 30 bills in the last week? LOL These have been on his desk for many many months now. Uh.............take the blinders off
What does America produce more of than any other country.... Food
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xoijqx&s=6
Heres a link to our greatest asset here in the United States, and from that comes all our jobs producing our supplies that we use daily to survive.....
For those of you who critcize the Republican House, you need to look at all the pork in the bills sent over by the Senate. You should also read all the pork that is now in the Obamacare law. You want to point a finger, just remember there are four pointing back at you.
BTW, I am a small business owner as well and let me tell you I am far worse off than I was four years ago. My employees didn't get raises but they didn't get decreases either. I took the big pay cut and still am. You want to criticize small businesses, but we are the ones who take the risks and create the jobs. Yes most of the time it is good, but in times like these, it is horrific.
Weiser - you mean "jobs" bills like this one?
This is one of only 61 bills the GOP House of Representatives passed this year:
117,460 American jobs were given to foreigners on these H1B visas in 2010.
Can you tell me why, with our unemployment rate so high, Americans weren't hired instead? Or why the GOP wants to give MORE jobs away?
No wonder Harry Reid isn't passing this crap.
Nice anti-Romney news article by the unbiased, objective media.
Well, he is a white collar criminal after all, did you expect a nice happy story? Sorry, no Faux news here.
How so American Socialist? Got an proof to back up your insanity?
American Socialist is just another Harry Reid.
So, Jersy Girl - are you planning to turn down your "socialist" Medicare next year?
I'd bet not.
But you don't mind shutting everyone under the age of 55 out in the cold. Because you already got yours, right?
Obama or Romney... These guys aren't voted in, they are BOUGHT. The voter has no say, unless he has millions and millions of dollars.
The difference:
Romney's campaign is funded by a few donors giving millions of dollars each.
Obama's campaign is funded by millions of donors giving the small amounts they can afford.
Which candidate do you think is looking out for working, middle class and poor Americans; and which one is only concerned for the rich?
Wrong!
ttp://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php?id=N00009638&cycle=2012
I didn't say Obama didn't have big donors. Both candidates have deep-pocket supporters, and both have everyman donors, of course.
The difference, as I said, is in the balance: Romney's few millionaire and billionaire donors make up a larger portion of his total donations. Whereas the majority of Obama's funds come from donations of a few dollars apiece.
Where's your proof Cameron? Or are you just spouting off bull left wing talking points?
Hey, WeiserJG, since you support the ideology of "Don't Spend Other peoples' Money", why do you support the Multi-Millionaire Mittens who refuses to spend his own money to fund his own political campaign? Face it, WeiserJG -- Romney is SPENDING OTHER PEOPLES' MONEY.
You do know how elections work, right? People raise money for their campaign and they spend it to get elected. These people are spending THEIR money to get THEIR candidate elected. This isn't "someone spending someone else's money", i.e. the government TAKING my money in taxes to spend it. #facepalm
Romney reminds me of a high-priced really good "woman of the night". All during his campaign I imagined him saying..."just tell me what you want; how you want it, baby." I didn't think he'd be able to get away with not showing his tax returns and have people still vote for him. The man became Governor of MA by amending his tax returns to say he was a resident for three more years than he actually was. He retroactively resigned from Bain, but still signs their tax returns as CEO. He "saved" the Olympics my a##. He said on TV how he went after every grant, etc. he could get from the government...that's how he saved the Olympics? He tells and wants us to trust him about everything....we have to wait until AFTER he's elected. WTF! Is the real President behind door #1 or door #2? I am not kidding when I say having him in the White House is a really scary prospect. No joke!
Two articles down from this one "Income inequality may take toll on growth". And the rethuglians have their foot on the gas pedal taking us right off the cliff. Romney refuses to give any information on these bundlers, or his taxes. If he's not a criminal, what's he hiding? His masters the cock brothers have made billions the last four years, now their telling their employees whom to vote for, or else? What a bunch of scum sucking Anti-American criminals.
Let's talk about Obama and his donation website that is owned by a Chinese buddy of his where donations are coming in from foreign countries like China. Why doesn't Obama come clean about this?
Anyone who does not perceive the threat to our democracy that the "Citizens United" decision represents is either willfully ignoring this or simple minded.
This is a genie that will be hard to put back into the bottle. We must act NOW. The first step in that action is to re-elect President Obama. Romney's interest is to turn America over to multi-national corporations.
What about Obama's relationship to lobbyists? Remember when he claimed that he wouldn't hire a single lobbyist to work in his administration? More lies.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/oh-no-we-cant-let-romney-win-hell-let-lobbyists-in-the-white-house/article/2510879?custom_click=rss#.UH2kvoX2FNh
Just watch as Romney stretches his lead as we get closer to the election...the Obama-fellating media is going to self-destruct.
Freakn amazing no one remembers that there were presidents before Obama and these presidents made extremely bad decisions, like 2 wars in Iraq and the longest one in Afghanistan, oh I wonder where the money went/ hmm, lets think........... Oh wait wars cost money and tax payers have to pay up. Romney plans to keep troops there so that Afghanis dont have to fight for themselves and more AMericans Die.. I say Ryan and Rumny should go there and spill some blood.
Politics = $$
$$ Vote Robamney 2012 $$
We have Plutocracy: we now have a government for the wealthy, by the wealthy and controlled by the wealthy. The top 1% (Romney a billionaire) control 48% of the wealth in America!!!!! If you do not see anything wrong with that, then vote for Romney. Watch Frontline; Money, Power and Wall Street. Actually watch a lot of PBS news. Romney will buy this presidency and owe who for it all??!!??!! Certainly Romney will feel no debt to the average American. In history when a nation has such a huge disparity between the wealthy and the poor, it is the demise of the nation. Rome thought they were to big to fail. The White House should NOT be for sale, but it so is!!!!!!!
And how do you explain a community organizer claiming less than $900,000.00 a year just purchasing a $40,000,000.00 estate in Hawaii which Michelle proudly says will be ready in January and they intend to spend a great deal of time there in the next 4 years until they retire. So who is going to pay for the SS there in the meantime and forever after? YU
Kim from Utah: Obama parcels out America to the Muslim brotherhood, known radical Islamist s visiting the White House. Doles out appointments to spouses of contributes, increase the phone give away that initially was intended to be a life line for those who could not afford phone service in numbers and low and behold one of his out of country contributes to the DNC is making a $ 10.00 per phone profit. And here you are trying to tell us that Obama has the " average Americans" interest at heart? All I can say to you is Crack is whack! Put the pipe down!
CoCo-1551796 -- Get a GRIP!
The source of your "information". . . . The Weekly World News ; bringing you such "NEWS" as "KIM
KARDASHIAN’S BUTT EXPLODES"
THIS IS THE WEEKLY WORLD NEWS. Above the story is a headline about
dinosaurs playing with marbles and you think this Obama story is true??
OK MSDNC.....in the spirit of independent reporting, why not post the amount your chosen one has raised from the same type of bundlers.....or better yet, why not investigate the amount of foreign money raised through credit cards for Obama because the Obama Campaign does not record nor ask for the code on the back of the card. They do for purchases of shirts and crap from their website, but not for donations. Where is the relevancy MSDNC?
#t=28
watch this if you dare, it is the true obama
I read Obama collected $181 million last month. I would guess the source of those funds would disturb people more than any lobbyists. At least the lobbyists make it clear what they want from the candidate after the election.
If our future president comes from the people on this post, we're really in trouble!
Where are the jobs? Where are the jobs? Where are the jobs?
Federal Lobbyist raking in money for romney is like allowing the fox round up the chickens. Money talks, and you-know-what walks! Too much freedom to raise money without disclosing fully where the money comes from. We can thank the Supreme Court for the current situation.
What a joke! Where is the $ figure for Obama's cronies? Is the figure too high for the brilliant minds at NBC to figure out?
Mit RawMoney bought and paid for. As usual.
and you turn a blind eye to Obama doing the EXACT SAME THING just because he is "your guy". Where's your outrage for him?
Big bucks from actors/actresses not quite as telling as the list of big donors to Romney. Big Pharma, Swiss Bank, Oil/Gas giant BP... can easily imagine who all the others might be.
Ya think the Hollywood elite are after big "favors" from the president...??? I'm thinking NOT...
To those pitiful enough to concur with the the fool at a Romney events yesterday that "It's time to put the white back in the White House" well, it's time to fast forward to the 21st century, leave the Medieval times in the remote past - where they belong.
Obama got $31.7 million from lawyers and law firms. For every white who says that there's a black person saying the same thing about Obama. Race isn't the issue, competence and getting the economy going is.
Hollywood whores also fundraising and donating money for BO...what is the difference when it comes to who is raising money for whom.
Wow - I am absolutely STUNNED by this news. Not. Got news for everyone - BOTH parties do this. All politicians have people in their pockets.
NO every LOBBYIST has a POLITICIAN in his pocket !! Term LIMITS for EVERY Politician ASAP.
both parties are gulity, bottom line all Obama is asking for is a 3% raise on those making over 250,000.
Romney wants to give them another 20% cut, wtf?
Obama is just as guilty:
"Perhaps you thought the Solyndra scandal amounted to a $535 million government loan that will never be repaid," a Wall Street Journal editorial states. "No such luck. In the latest twist, Solyndra's investors could be rewarded for their failure, thanks to a tax benefit the Administration handed out in a bid to evade political accountability."
The Internal Revenue Service objected to Solyndra's Chapter 11 reorganization plan last week, saying its "principal purpose is tax avoidance."
The only real assets Solyndra has left are what the IRS calls "tax attributes." That's $875 million to $975 million in net operating losses that can reduce future taxable income by as much as $350 million.
Of course tax-loss carry-forwards are worthless if a company doesn't have profits. "So Solyndra's owners are asking the court to liquidate the rest of the business and contribute a net $6.7 million to pay off creditors for pennies on the dollar," Journal editors write.
A holding company would then come out of the bankruptcy. It wouldn't make any products, but would receive the tax benefit. And who would own that shell corporation?
One owner would be Argonaut Ventures I, Solyndra's largest shareholder and the primary investment arm of the George Kaiser Family Foundation. "Mr. Kaiser is a Tulsa oil billionaire who bundled campaign checks for Mr. Obama in 2008," the editorial states.
WTF: commemorative book after Election Day listing all these lobbyist and contributors ? This government of Romney smells like wall street sharks. Elite status? Signing credits? entrance to strategic sessions? A chance to kiss Romney's azz personally? ALL THIS MONEY AND NOT ONE CONTRIBUTION TO CREATE ONE DAM JOB. What a F-ing disgrace. This Romney bastard must think that America is for sale to the highest bidder? What the hell does a swish bank need to donate to an American presidential race? Does Romney store his illegal monies there also. This guy smells all the way to hell and for the dam fools who think he gives a dam about you and you repubs vote for him, then your more stupid than he is and he like Satan says " My sole existence on this earth is to make you believe I do not exist " I wonder what disguise Romney has fooled you republicans with, THE FACE OF JESUS?
Romney is a phuckin douchebag. Plain and simple.
royal, yeah all self made millionaires are. Success is so over rated these days isn't it? Things would be so much simpler if we were all poor and depending on the government but there's light at the end of the tunnel; if Obama is re-elected we probably will all be poor......well except for Obama and his rich friends.
Hey soazDan, self made millionaires, right, that is the problem. Workers made millionaires period. No workers, no millionaires, no consumers. Oh and it's not the millions made that is the problem, it is the tactics they used to make the millions. Show me one honest rich man or woman and I will get religion. Even your so called christian bible speaks against the rich man. LMAO
Good for you Spot: stay poor...I opt for success.
Right sucess is money, LMAO soazDan