Subject: [big campaign] 124 Bush bundlers raised at least $26m for McCain
From: David Donnelly <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:54:01 -0400
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Here¹s a quick analysis we did on McCain¹s bundlers and how many raised
money for Bush.

David Donnelly

http://www.campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/07/22/mccain-indebted-to-bush-bu
ndlers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tue, 07/22/2008
McCain Indebted To Bush¹s Bundlers For At Least $26 Million In Campaign
Donations

Washington, D.C.  An analysis conducted by Campaign Money Watch, a national
campaign finance watchdog group, identified 124 fundraisers who have raised
money for both President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain. These
³bundlers² have raised a minimum of $25.95 million for Sen. McCain¹s
presidential campaign.

³Sen. McCain has been working hard to distance himself from an unpopular
president, but he is relying on the same network of big money donors and
fundraisers in his run for the White House,² said David Donnelly, Director
of Campaign Money Watch. ³Given that McCain and Bush have both pulled water
from the same well, it¹s hard to see how he would pursue policies other than
those that have handsomely rewarded Bush¹s donors over the past eight
years.²

The analysis was made using information released by the McCain campaign as
well as comprehensive data from Public Citizen¹s WhiteHouseForSale.org. The
full list of bundlers is available online.

Some of Washington¹s most powerful lobbyists are among the Bush bundlers who
have also raised big sums for the McCain campaign. They include Wayne
Berman, who counts Big Oil¹s front organization, the American Petroleum
Institute, among his clients, and Tom Loeffler, who recently resigned as
McCain¹s national finance co-chair after questions arose concerning illegal
contributions his firm may have made to McCain¹s campaign. Both Berman and
Loeffler have raised more than $500,000 a piece for McCain.

³Berman and Loeffler are only two of the 124 lobbyists on this list whose
clients include major oil companies, telecom giants, health insurance
companies, and some shady foreign interests,² Donnelly said. ³Many of these
clients have clearly held sway over the Bush White House. With these special
interests pouring money into McCain¹s campaign, is there any reason to
believe much would change if he were elected?²

Campaign Money Watch is a project of nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Campaign
Action Fund. The organization works to hold politicians who are against
comprehensive campaign reform accountable for where they get their political
donations.

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