[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

Candace Owens: : I Know What Happened at the Hamptons (Ackman confronted Charlie Kirk) Illegal Alien Drunk Driver Mows Down, Kills 16-Year-Old Girl Who Rejected His Lewd Advances STOP Drinking These 5 Coffees – They’re Quietly DESTROYING Your Gut & Hormones This Works Better Than Ozempic for Belly Fat Cinnamon reduces fat How long do health influencers live? Episode 1 of 3. 'Armed Queers' Marxist Revolutionaries Under Investigation For Possible Foreknowledge Of Kirk's Assassination Plot Who Killed Charlie Kirk? the Case Against Israel Sen. Grassley announces a whistleblower has exposed the FBI program “Arctic Frost” for targeting 92 Republican groups Keto, Ivermectin, & Fenbendazole: New Cancer Treatment Protocol Gains Momentum Bill Ackman 'Hammered' Charlie Kirk in August 'Intervention' for Platforming Israel Critics "I've Never Experienced Crime Of This Magnitude Before": 20-Year Veteran Austrian Police Spox The UK is F*CKED, and the people have had enough No place for hate apeech America and Israel both told Qatar to allow Hamas to stay in their country Video | Robert Kennedy brings down the house. Owner releases video of Trump banner ripping, shooting in WNC Cash Jordan: Looters ‘Forcibly Evict’ Millionaires… as California’s “NO ARRESTS” Policy BACKFIRES Dallas Motel Horror: Immigrant Machete Killer Caught America has been infiltrated and occupied Netanyahu 1980 Senior Trump Official Declares War On Far-Left NGOs Sowing Chaos Nationwide White House Plans Security Boost On Civil Terrorism Fears Visualizing The Number Of Farms In Each US State Let her cry The Secret Version of the Bible You’re Never Taught - Secret History Rocker defames Charlie Kirk threatens free speech Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion South Park Problem European Warmongers Angry That Trump Did Not Buy Into the ‘Drone Attack in Poland’ Grassley Unveils Declassified Documents From FBI's Alleged 'Political Hit Job' On Trump 2 In 5 Young Adults Are Taking On Debt For Social Image, To Impress Peers, Study Finds

(s)Elections
See other (s)Elections Articles

Title: The friends of Barack Obama
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://www.observer.com/node/36953
Published: Feb 26, 2008
Author: NY Observer
Post Date: 2008-02-26 15:08:38 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 1445
Comments: 99

Barack Obama

When Barack Obama snagged the support of billionaire bundler George Soros just hours after he announced his bid for President, the ladies and gents of the donor-sphere (particularly the Hillary partisans) had to work hard to stifle a collective gasp. Then came the news that Orin Kramer, a well-established supporter of the Clintons, had defected to Mr. Obama’s camp. Now the Senator has begun throwing full-on fund-raisers, and the list of names he’s lined up for his host committees is impressive. There are prominent African-American business leaders and entertainment execs. There are old-time Democrats and young machers-in-training—some of whom were actually graduates of the first Clinton White House. There is even a reformed Bush-campaign “Pioneer”: Chelsea Piers president Tom Bernstein.

Naturally, opponents are waiting for them to stumble on their own hype.

Tom Bernstein—president and co-founder of Chelsea Piers and one of the principal owners of the Texas Rangers with George W. Bush

Michael Froman—a Citigroup executive who befriended Mr. Obama at Harvard Law School and, later, spent seven years in the Clinton administration, including several as Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin’s chief of staff

Anne Fudge—chairman and C.E.O. of Young and Rubicam Brands and the first African-American woman to head a global advertising agency

Earl Graves—publisher of Black Enterprise magazine who spent a cozy night at Camp David during the late Clinton years

Andre Harrell—former Motown Records president and music impresario who helped to launch the careers of Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and boy-band crooners 98 Degrees

Orin Kramer—hedge-fund manager who Bill Clinton appointed to the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting

Jeh Johnson—partner at Paul Weiss who served as general counsel of the Air Force during the Clinton White House years and special counsel to John Kerry’s 2004 Presidential campaign

Tracy Maitland—young asset-management executive who happens to manage Russell Simmons’ fortune

Brian Mathis—managing director of Provident Group and Friend of Obama from the Harvard days who also worked in the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration

Ray McGuire—prominent Citigroup investment banker and fellow Harvard Law School alum

Eric Mindich—Wall Street whiz-kid who became a partner at Goldman Sachs at 27 and has since served as an advisor to John Kerry

Antonio (L.A.) Reid—chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group and one of the country’s most influential African-American record executives

James Rubin—private equity manager (and son of Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin) who served as a New York finance director during Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign

George Soros—billionaire financier who conservatives believe runs the world

Jonathan Soros—son of George

Josh Steiner—managing principal of Steve Rattner’s Quadrangle Group and onetime chief of staff to Clinton Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen

James Torrey—mega-fund manager who was one of Howard Dean’s prominent New York supporters in 2004

Jamie Whitehead—New York finance director for John Kerry’s 2004 campaign

Robert Wolf—chief operating officer of UBS Investment Bank

Chris Dodd

Senator Christopher Dodd is not part of his party’s Big Three Presidential contenders, but pol-watchers would be foolish to underestimate his fund-raising muscle. He’s a likeable guy and he’s well-known, at least in this part of the country. He’s also chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, putting him in a plum position to make big asks of big Wall Street players, many of whom have already proved all too happy to oblige. As of the last campaign-finance filing, he had $5 million in his war chest, placing him second only to Hillary in the money race. Said his old pal Richard Plepler: “He has a lot of friends here, and I am not having a hard time gathering money.”

Ken Brody—investment banker and former Goldman Sachs partner who was nominated by Bill Clinton to be president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

John Eastman—entertainment lawyer and brother of Linda McCartney

Dick Ebersol—NBC Sports czar and member of the Democratic Martha’s Vineyard vacation crew

Tom Flexner (co-chair)—vice chairman of Bear Stearns

Jane Hartley (co-chair)—C.E.O. of the G7 Group, associate director in the Carter White House and Friend of Dodd since the 1970’s

Richard Plepler—executive vice president of HBO who got his start as an aide to Senator Dodd in the early 1980’s

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  

Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6.

#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

(reposting here)

Obama appears to enjoy a strong grassroots support.

HOW TO READ THIS CHART: This chart lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Compare with Hillary, almost the same

And with McCain

(Updated list from opensecrets.org)

Goldman Sachs-----------------------------------$474,428
Ubs Ag------------------------------------------$298,180
JP Morgan Chase & Co----------------------------$282,387
Lehman Brothers---------------------------------$274,147
National Amusements Inc-------------------------$265,750
Sidley Austin LLP-------------------------------$251,657
Citigroup Inc-----------------------------------$247,436
University of California------------------------$239,944
Skadden, Arps et al-----------------------------$228,520
Exelon Corp-------------------------------------$226,661
Harvard University------------------------------$225,891
Jones Day---------------------------------------$213,825
Google Inc--------------------------------------$192,808
Time Warner-------------------------------------$190,091
Morgan Stanley----------------------------------$190,026
Citadel Investment Group------------------------$173,950
Kirkland & Ellis--------------------------------$163,126
Latham & Watkins--------------------------------$160,842
WilmerHale LLP----------------------------------$155,788
Jenner & Block----------------------------------$151,447

BARACK OBAMA (D)
Top Contributors

opensecrets.org/pres08/su...p?id=N00009638&cycle=2008

Contributions from all donors:

Note that there is overlap in the figures represented in these columns. Contributors who have given $4,600+ are also included among contributors who have given $2,300, and both categories are included in the column totaling contributors who have given $200+. Similarly, the columns showing percentages overlap, too.

Candidate	No. of $200+ Contributors	% from Donors of $200 or less	No. of $2,300+ Contributors	% from Donors of $2,300+	No. of $4,600 Contributors	% from Donors of $4,600
Obama, Barack	69,628	26%	16,259	43%	1,964	10%
Clinton, Hillary	57,975	12%	19,949	63%	7,411	33%
McCain, John	27,205	22%	6,183	45%	731	9%
Paul, Ron	22,842	54%	1,402	12%	8	0%
Huckabee, Mike	7,045	33%	1,203	32%	18	1%
Keyes, Alan	238	52%	8	10%	0	0%
Gravel, Mike	196	68%	4	3%	0	0%

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are calculated from contributions of more than $200 from individuals, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. PAC dollars are not included.

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2008 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Thursday, January 31, 2008. (Help! The numbers don't add up...")

Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics.link

-----------------------------------

In January, Obama pulled ahead of opponent Hillary Clinton in the money race, raising nearly twice her $18.9 million for the month. The two remain in a tight competition for the most raised since the start of 2007 and are nearly tied in the number of delegates they've won from the primary contests. Obama collected more than $1 million a day in January -- largely thanks to small online donors -- bringing his total haul to $138.2 million. Although official February reports won't be available until the end of March, Obama's campaign is already reporting that the presidential hopeful is keeping his record-breaking fundraising pace.

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

Source of Funds

		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%

another opensecrets.org link

gender breakdown on donations

gender stats of donations by candidates

robin  posted on  2008-02-26   15:17:52 ET  (15 images) Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I thought Obummers money was coming from the poor inner city blacks, ten dollars at a time. I am just aghast that he would prostitute himself to the moneyed elite.

I wonder just what it is that these kindly gentlemen are buying????

Cynicom  posted on  2008-02-26   15:22:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#7. To: Cynicom (#6)

But he hasn't really. Re-read that info in post #2 and tell me where you see elite.

robin  posted on  2008-02-26 15:23:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]