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Bradley in DC
08-01-2009, 12:55 PM
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25666.html

Newt's big cash haul: $8 million
By: Kenneth P. Vogel and Kathryn McGarr
July 31, 2009 01:31 PM EST

Newt Gingrich’s political group quietly pulled in an impressive $8.1 million in the first half of the year, a cash haul that enabled the former speaker of the House to finance a robust political operation that includes at least 17 employees.

A report filed Friday with the Internal Revenue Service shows that American Solutions for Winning the Future accepted at least $460,000 from oil interests in the first half of the year, after advancing offshore oil drilling as an issue during the 2008 campaign cycle, and $150,000 from the Workforce Fairness Institute, a business-backed group opposed to the Employee Free Choice Act, which Gingrich has lambasted as “a mortal threat to American freedom.”

Gingrich’s aides said Friday the group is not a campaign-in-waiting for Gingrich, who makes many short lists of prospective 2012 GOP presidential contenders.

“Absolutely not,” said Dan Varroney, American Solutions chief operating officer. “American Solutions exists to reflect the interests and views of a tri-partisan majority of American people and to provide solutions and transform the country from the world that fails to the world that works.”

Dan Kotman, American Solutions’ spokesman, said the group is “one of the nation's largest grassroots organizations of more than 1.5 million members” and has accepted donations from more than 200,000 people and groups. . . .

free.alive
08-01-2009, 02:39 PM
What I'm more interested in is where they're spending the money. If he's saving it up, that's a concern. If they're spending it, we can see where, on what, and get a picture of what they're actual agenda may be.

If the oil companies want to pay American Solutions to help protect them from government, there's nothing wrong with that. If a right-to-work organization wants to pay them to help fight card-check, great!

However, it would be nice to know these things.

Bradley in DC
08-01-2009, 05:46 PM
What I'm more interested in is where they're spending the money. If he's saving it up, that's a concern. If they're spending it, we can see where, on what, and get a picture of what they're actual agenda may be.

If the oil companies want to pay American Solutions to help protect them from government, there's nothing wrong with that. If a right-to-work organization wants to pay them to help fight card-check, great!

However, it would be nice to know these things.

"Last year, it spent $2.6 million on first-class or charter air travel for Gingrich and his staff, according to its 2008 tax returns. This year, it has spent about $670,000 on charter flights alone, according to Friday’s report."

"The group has raised a total of $31.9 million and spent $31.6 million since it was created in 2006, according to its IRS reports, leaving it with about $235,000 in the bank."

kahless
08-01-2009, 06:28 PM
Clearly the Neocons are doing all they can to keep their stranglehold on the Republican party. Since they already control the party and are favorites to the right wing media (i.e Foxnews, Hannity and Limbaugh) they have a good chance on maintaining control.

Whether CFL's efforts are better used in forming a viable third party remain to be seen.

revolutionary8
08-01-2009, 06:32 PM
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dr. hfn
08-01-2009, 06:33 PM
Clearly the Neocons are doing all they can to keep their stranglehold on the Republican party. Since they already control the party and are favorites to the right wing media (i.e Foxnews, Hannity and Limbaugh) they have a good chance on maintaining control.

Whether CFL's efforts are better used in forming a viable third party remain to be seen.

We can't run as a 3rd party. We can't get into the debates! The election and ballot laws are Stalinistic!