Subject: [big campaign] FW: McCain Relies on Top Bush Fundraisers
From: David Donnelly <[email-masked]>
To: big campaign <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:01:32 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

Press release on McCain and Bush fundraiser tonight. The chart below got a
little ³butchered² -- if anyone wants a PDF, I can send that too.

DD

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> From: David Miller <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:39:16 -0400
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Conversation: McCain Relies on Top Bush Fundraisers
> Subject: McCain Relies on Top Bush Fundraisers
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            CONTACTS
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> Tuesday, May 27, 2008            David Miller, Communications Manager
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>             (202) 448-6154
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> MCCAIN RELIES ON NEARLY THREE DOZEN TOP BUSH FUNDRAISERS
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> Washington  Fundraisers for President George W. Bush¹s presidential campaign
> have raised more than $5.8 million for John McCain¹s campaign, according to
> research by Campaign Money Watch, a campaign finance watchdog. The research
> drawing connections between the two Republican politicians comes hours before
> they headline a fundraising event in Phoenix.
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> ³John McCain is depending on nearly three dozen Bush Œbundlers¹ to raise money
> for his campaign,² commented David Donnelly, director of the watchdog group.
> ³Thirty-four Bush fundraisers have accounted for at least $5.8 million for
> McCain¹s White House bid, and probably much, much more.²
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> Campaign Money Watch compared lists of ³Pioneers² and ³Rangers²  names
> President Bush used to describe those who raised $100,000 and $200,000,
> respectively, for him in his presidential bids, with the list of
> ³Trailblazers² and ³Innovators² McCain uses to describe those who raise
> $100,000 or $250,000, respectively. Thirty-four individuals appear on both
> lists. With 18 Trailblazers and 16 Innovators, McCain has received at a
> minimum $5.8 million from these fundraisers. A chart follows this press
> release.
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> In addition, Sen. McCain is depending on large donations that exceed the
> limits for what a presidential candidate can receive. By setting up a joint
> fundraising account with national and state parties, McCain is raising
> contributions as large as $86,200, according to the Los Angeles Times, an
> amount 37 times larger than the $2,300 individual contribution limit on
> donations to candidates.
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> ³Following several weeks of news reports of McCain¹s lobbyist connections,
> John McCain has turned to big money donors and George Bush¹s fundraising
> machine,² added Donnelly. ³With his embrace of big money lobbyists and Bush¹s
> bundlers, and his retreat from real reform, McCain is no longer the reformer
> he once was.²
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> Campaign Money Watch, a project of Public Campaign Action Fund, works to hold
> politicians accountable for opposing comprehensive campaign finance reform and
> for the favors they do for wealthy special interests.
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>   Bundler   City   Employer   Bush Status   McCain Status   Min. Raised for
> McCain   
>   George Argyros    Costa Mesa, CA   Arnel & Affiliates    2000 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   Robert Asher    Chicago, IL   Ashers Candies    2004 Pioneer   Trailblazer
> $100,000    
>   Wayne Berman    Washington, DC   Ogilvy Government Relations    2000
> Pioneer, 2004 Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   Roland W. Betts    Phoenix, AZ   Chelsea Piers Management    2000 Pioneer
> Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Judy Black    Alexandria, VA   Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck    2004
> Pioneer   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Kirk Blalock    Alexandria, VA   Fierce Isakowitz & Blalock    2004 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   Mark Broxmeyer    Glen Head, NY   Fairfield Properties    2004 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   James H. Click    Tucson, AZ   Jim Click Automotive Group    2000 Pioneer,
> 2004 Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   Charles E. Cobb Jr.    Miami, FL   Cobb Partners, Ltd.    2004 Pioneer
> Trailblazer   $100,000
>   James Courter    Hackettstown, NJ   IDT Corp.    2004 Pioneer   Trailblazer
> $100,000    
>   Alfonse D'Amato    New York, NY   Park Strategies    2004 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   Patrick J. Durkin    New York, NY   Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.    2000
> Pioneer, 2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Lewis Eisenberg    New York, NY   Granite Capital International Group
> 2004 Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   David F. Girard-diCarlo    Washington, DC   Blank Rome    2000 Pioneer, 2004
> Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   Jon Hammes    Brookfield, WI   Retired    2004 Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   Gaylord T. Hughey Jr.    Tyler, TX   Self-employed    2000 Pioneer, 2004
> Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Gary H. Hunt    Irvine, CA   Irvine Company    2000 Pioneer   Trailblazer
> $100,000    
>   Robert Wood Johnson IV    New York, NY   Johnson & Johnson    2000 Pioneer,
> 2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Bobbie Kilberg    Mclean, VA   Novatechnology Council    2000 Pioneer, 2004
> Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   C. Michael Kojaian    Bloomfield Hills, MI   Kojaian Companies    2000
> Pioneer, 2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Henry Kravis    New York, NY   Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co.    2004
> Pioneer   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   James Harvey Lee    Darien, CT   James H. Lee Investments    2004 Pioneer
> Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Thomas G. Loeffler    San Antonio, TX   The Loeffler Group, LLP    2000
> Pioneer, 2004 Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   James B. Nicholson    Detroit, MI   PVS Chemicals Inc.    2000 Pioneer, 2004
> Ranger   Innovator   $250,000
>   Dennis Nixon    Laredo, TX   International Bank of Commerce    2000 Pioneer,
> 2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   R. Carter Pate    Mclean, VA   PricewaterhouseCoopers    2004 Ranger
> Innovator   $250,000
>   A. Jerrold Perenchio    Los Angeles, CA   Chartwell Partners    2004 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   Alec Poitevint    Bainbridge, GA   Southeastern Minerals Inc.    2004
> Pioneer   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   William Eugene Powell    San Antonio, TX   Bitterblue Inc.    2004 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   Sig Rogich    Las Vegas, NV   Rogich Communications Group    2000 Pioneer,
> 2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Glenn Dale Steil Sr.    Bonita Springs, FL   Retired    2000 Pioneer, 2004
> Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Marc Stern    Malibu, CA   TCW Group    2004 Ranger   Trailblazer   $100,000
>   William H. Strong    Chicago, IL   Morgan Stanley    2004 Ranger
> Trailblazer   $100,000
>   Ronald Weiser    Ann Arbor, MI   McKinley and Associates Inc    2000 Pioneer
> Innovator   $250,000
>   TOTAL RAISED                   $5,800,000
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