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David Sadler
07-16-2015, 10:59 AM
Goldman Bankers Are Jeb Bush’s Top Backers for White House (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-15/goldman-bankers-are-jeb-bush-s-biggest-backers-for-white-house)
by Max Abelson
Bloomberg
July 15, 2015

"Important people at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. want Jeb Bush to be the next U.S. president. And they’re giving him a lot of money to make it happen.

"More than 50 Goldman Sachs executives and employees gave the Republican more than $144,000 in the second quarter, with most of them sending $2,700, the maximum allowed, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

"The company that was the next-best source of money for the former Florida governor, Neuberger Berman, is run by George Walker, Bush’s second cousin. Employees at the money manager gave more than $63,000. It once was part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., where Bush was an adviser.

"... Credit Suisse Group AG, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co. also were among the top sources of donations."

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-15/goldman-bankers-are-jeb-bush-s-biggest-backers-for-white-house

invisible
07-16-2015, 06:22 PM
To the OP: I tried to send you a PM, but since your account doesn't accept them, I'll have to say this here. I didn't know you were a member here until you recently started posting again, it's great to see activity here from you. I ran into your website a few years back while I was looking for something else (I think it was seeing that Charles Key had endorsed you in your run for Congress, IIRC). I wanted to let you know that you have a lot of good stuff on your website, lots of food for thought, many good ideas, intelligent opinions. Are you going to try to run for office again? Would you? You'd make an excellent Liberty Candidate, again. You were simply an election cycle or two ahead of your time.

David Sadler
07-17-2015, 01:36 PM
Thank you for those kind words, invisible. The mods have now granted me PM privs. I will PM you.

David Sadler
07-30-2015, 10:38 AM
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race (http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-30/former-rubio-donors-turning-to-others-in-presidential-race)
Bloomberg
Jul 30, 2015

After U.S. Senator Marco Rubio decided to run for president, he asked donors to transfer their contributions from his aborted re-election campaign to his bid for the White House. More than 260 didn't.

To make matters worse, at least 64 people who were paid back gave a combined $195,800 to other presidential candidates, according to Federal Election Commission filings.


Who will get Rubio's supporters?

David Sadler
07-30-2015, 11:05 AM
Trump on why he isn't soliciting campaign donations from big donors starts at 12:00 minutes into the interview.

Donald Trump Interview with Michael Savage on The Savage Nation (7-29-15) (https://youtu.be/JSkUzoVF-XI)

David Sadler
07-30-2015, 12:02 PM
Chris Christie Can’t Go On Unless We Give Him $30 (http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-30/chris-christie-can-t-go-on-unless-we-give-him-30)
by Laurence Arnold
Bloomberg
Jul 30, 2015

Not to brag or anything, but a certain candidate for president is trying hard to get us on his team, and the proximity to power is intoxicating.

Apparently, at some point during the interminable wait for Chris Christie to enter the Republican field, we clicked some sort of “keep me updated” button on ChrisChristie.com, which back then wasn’t the cinematic feast it is today.

“Governor Christie will personally review the Founding Digital Member roster so don’t miss your chance to make the list!”
-- Deputy Finance Director Elise Dietsch

... less than 18 hours until the deadline, Christie’s presidential chances on the line, and $30 at stake. It’s a lot of pressure.


Christi isn't going to make it. Oorah!

David Sadler
08-02-2015, 04:45 PM
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Which candidates are getting help from the Koch Brothers?

Wilf
08-02-2015, 04:50 PM
627841345789558788

Which candidates are getting help from the Koch Brothers?

Scott Walker the guy behind this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUTlnwPsrI

David Sadler
08-02-2015, 05:52 PM
Nearly 5 dozen give a third of all '16 campaign cash (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150801/us--2016-political_money-16d19d6082.html)
By JULIE BYKOWICZ and JACK GILLUM
AP
Aug 1, 2015

... An Associated Press analysis of fundraising reports filed with federal regulators through Friday found that nearly 60 donations of a million dollars or more accounted for about a third of the more than $380 million brought in so far for the 2016 presidential election. Donors who gave at least $100,000 account for about half of all donations so far to candidates' presidential committees and the super PACs that support them.

The review covered contributions to outside groups that can accept checks of any size, known as super PACs, and to the formal campaigns, which are limited to accepting no more than $2,700 per donor.

... That concentration of money from a small group of wealthy donors builds on a trend that began in 2012, the first presidential contest after a series of court rulings and regulatory steps that created the super PAC. They can openly support candidates but may not directly coordinate their actions with their campaigns.

"We have never seen an election like this, in which the wealthiest people in America are dominating the financing of the presidential election and as a consequence are creating enormous debts and obligations from the candidates who are receiving this financial support," said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a Washington-based group that wants to limit money in politics.

... For Florida developer Al Hoffman, financial support of the state's former governor, Jeb Bush, is personal. A longtime friend and political contributor to the Bush family, he gave $1 million to Bush's super PAC, contributing to its record-setting haul of $103 million in the first six months of the year.

Hoffman was ambassador to Portugal during former President George W. Bush's second term. He said he sometimes offered Bush advice during his time as Florida's governor, but doesn't expect to influence a Jeb Bush administration. "I'd just like to see one," he said.

... While the existence of high-dollar donors is more pronounced on the Republican side, they're also among those giving to the super PAC backing Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Seven donors of at least a million dollars accounted for almost half of the total collected by Priorities USA Action. Entertainment mogul Haim Saban and his wife, Cheryl, led with a $2 million gift, and hedge-fund billionaire George Soros, historically one of the Democratic Party's biggest givers, donated $1 million.

But no one has capitalized on the new era of big money like Bush ... He's not alone in the use of super PACs to fuel a presidential run.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are too new to the presidential contest, announcing only weeks ago, to have filed any reports about their campaigns' finances. Yet super PACs that sprang up months ago to support them show their efforts will be financially viable: A group backing Christie raised $11 million, while two supporting Walker brought in $26 million.

Such totals put them well ahead of Paul, former technology executive Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Sen. Rick Santorum — who all began their presidential campaigns in the spring.

Cruz's super PACs, meanwhile, didn't just get the $11 million from Mercer. They also received a $10 million donation from Toby Neugebauer, an energy investor in Texas, while the Texas-based Wilks family pooled together a $15 million gift ...


Money talks ... and obligates.

Brian4Liberty
08-08-2015, 01:17 PM
Who is backing Fiorina? Follow the money...


The largest donation to the Fiorina super PAC -- close to $1.6 million -- came from Jerry Perenchio, the former CEO of Univision and national finance co-chairman for John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign with deep ties to California.
...
Much more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/carly-fiorina-super-pac/

One of the biggest donors to Fiorina's Super PAC is Jerry Perenchio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Perenchio) of Univision. Perenchio's political endeavor's include Progress for America (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Progress_for_America) and Progress for America Voter Fund. These PACS are pro-war (http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jun/27/nation/na-adwatch27) and are associated with Bush, Cheney, Karl Rove and John McCain. Perenchio himself was the national co-finance director for John McCain's 2008 presidential nomination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Perenchio).

David Sadler
08-29-2015, 08:05 AM
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/jeb-bush-president-2016-fundraisers-problems-213156

Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/jeb-bush-president-2016-fundraisers-problems-213156)
The move comes amid weak poll numbers and concerns that Bush's torrid fundraising pace has slowed.
By Alex Isenstadt and Marc Caputo
politico.com
08/29/2015

Three top Jeb Bush fundraisers abruptly parted ways with his presidential campaign on Friday, amid internal personality conflicts and questions about the strength of his candidacy, POLITICO has learned.

There are different versions of what transpired. The Florida-based fundraising consultants — Kris Money, Trey McCarley, and Debbie Alexander — have said that they voluntarily quit the campaign and were still working with Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise Super PAC. Others said the three, who worked under the same contract, were let go because they were no longer needed for the current phase of the campaign.

None of the three immediately responded to requests for comment. Bush spokesman Tim Miller would only say that “Governor Bush has the widest and deepest fundraising operation of any candidate in the field.

... One source attributed the departures to personality conflicts in the campaign, some involving Bush's finance team.

“They were glad to go. This wasn’t a shock to anybody,” said one campaign source. “There were just some personality problems. It happens when you have a big organization like this, a big campaign. Some of the national people are tough to work for.”

... “They raised a lot of money out of Florida. A lot,” said the campaign source. “So if anyone says they didn’t quit, it’s not true. They’re still working for the super PAC as well. This is not about them," said one source. "This is about the campaign.”

... But Bush’s fundraising pace has slowed in the late summer months. He’s likely to remain the GOP campaign’s top fundraiser, but Bush is also spending more than other candidates because he has a mammoth operation.

“Jeb has a big army, and that army needs to be fed,” said one campaign consultant familiar with the campaign’s internal numbers. “Jeb might not have a fundraiser problem. He might have a spending problem.”



Who knows the reason, but Jeb is languishing in the polls and is drawing very small crowds. He's a blip on the media radar. When he is mentioned, it's for under performance. Certainly not congruent with the size of his operation and war chest.

David Sadler
10-10-2015, 11:52 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential-election-super-pac-donors.html?_r=0

158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential-election-super-pac-donors.html?_r=0)
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, SARAH COHEN and KAREN YOURISH
NYT
OCT. 10, 2015

These donors’ fortunes reflect the shifting composition of the country’s economic elite. Relatively few work in the traditional ranks of corporate America, or hail from dynasties of inherited wealth. Most built their own businesses, parlaying talent and an appetite for risk into huge wealth: They founded hedge funds in New York, bought up undervalued oil leases in Texas, made blockbusters in Hollywood. More than a dozen of the elite donors were born outside the United States, immigrating from countries like Cuba, the old Soviet Union, Pakistan, India and Israel.


These people chose to can-do in their personal lives and that's good, but their influence over America's electoral system needs correcting.

CPUd
10-10-2015, 02:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdamu1l7g90