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Campaign Funding

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Anonymous

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It appears the PAC's are not putting a lot of money out yet- or else they don't like anyone.....
Interestingly- Dems are contributing to the two by over 5 to one to McCain....Another interesting point- they are reporting Romney spent $42 million of his own money :shock:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp

Obama
Total Receipts: $138,231,595
Total Spent: $113,291,435
Cash on Hand: $24,940,159
Debts: $1,104,693
Date of last report: January 31, 2008
Totals may include compliance fund receipts

Individual contributions
$137,431,938
99%

PAC contributions
$25
0%

Candidate self-financing
$0
0%

Federal Funds
$0
0%

Other
$799,632
1%




PAC Contribution Breakdown

Business
$3,250
26%

Labor
$0
0%

Ideological/Single Issue
$9,237
74%

Quality of Disclosure-(91.8%)

Clinton

Total Receipts: $134,536,488
Total Spent: $105,350,147
Cash on Hand: $29,186,341
Debts: $7,576,700
Date of last report: January 31, 2008
Totals may include compliance fund receipts

Source of Funds

Individual contributions
$117,313,786
87%

PAC contributions
$1,045,419
1%

Candidate self-financing
$5,000,000
4%

Federal Funds
$0
0%

Other
$11,177,284
8%




PAC Contribution Breakdown

Business
$304,408
56%

Labor
$58,600
11%

Ideological/Single Issue
$181,484
33%

Quality of Disclosure 90%

McCain

Total Receipts: $53,717,085
Total Spent: $48,518,664
Cash on Hand: $5,198,421
Debts: $5,535,452
Date of last report: January 31, 2008
Totals may include compliance fund receipts

Source of Funds

Individual contributions
$48,118,272
90%

PAC contributions
$579,424
1%

Candidate self-financing
$0
0%

Federal Funds
$0
0%

Other
$5,019,390
9%




PAC Contribution Breakdown

Business
$276,900
72%

Labor
$2,500
1%

Ideological/Single Issue
$102,845
27%

Quality of Disclosure 93.7%
 
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Anonymous

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Wal-Mart Gave Most to Hillary

Monday, March 3, 2008 4:15 PM

By: Newsmax Staff Article Font Size




Officers and directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., have given the most money in this presidential race to a former member of the company’s board — Hillary Clinton.

Clinton — who served on the Wal-Mart board of director from 1986 to 1992 while she was first lady of Arkansas — has received $12,200 so far from executives of the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail chain, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

Rudy Giuliani received $7,150 from that group before he dropped out of the race, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s campaign has gotten $7,050.

The executives have also contributed $3,300 to Barack Obama, but as of Jan. 31 no director or officer had donated to John McCain’s campaign, the Arkansas News Bureau reported.

The total given to presidential candidates in this race, at least $33,700, is more than the firm’s officers and directors gave in the 2000 and 2004 election cycles combined.

Accepting donations from Wal-Mart executives is something of a turn-around for Hillary. In February 2006, she rejected $5,000 that Wal-Mart had donated to her Senate campaign through its Political Action Committee because of “serious differences with current company practices,” a Clinton spokesperson said at the time.

Labor groups have frequently criticized the corporate giant for its treatment of workers and business practices.
 
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Anonymous

Guest
The real folks putting up the money and betting on the races are picking the Dems and Obama as of now.....

The odds to win the Presidential election

Dems 1 to 2
Repubs 7 to 4

The odds for who will win:

Obama 1 to 1
McCain 13 to 8
Hillary 4 to 1
Gore 100 to 1
Bloomberg 100 to 1
Paul 250 to 1
 
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