That’s how many people contributed to Organizing for Action, the issue-advocacy group founded by President Barack Obama’s former campaign aides. OFA raised $4.9 million in the first quarter since it was formed in late January, the group said in a...
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Organizing for Action head Jim Messina.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 109,582
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, arrives for the weekly Republican policy luncheon on the Capitol on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC.
McConnell Turns Table on ‘Liberal Left:’ Louisville Fundraising Bonanza
There is Hollywood, and then there is Louisville. And Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky who privately discussed ways to “do out” anyone who opposes him for re-election, has turned an audio-taping of that February...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State and budget proposals at The City College of New York on February 6, 2013 in New York City.
Cuomo: ‘Never Waste a Crisis’ — Where We’ve Heard That Before
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, channeling his inner Rahm Emanuel, doesn’t want to let a good scandal go to waste. Two New York lawmakers were arrested last week in separate corruption cases. A third lawmaker said he’d resign after pleading...
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President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris after arriving at San Francisco International Airport.
Obama’s Apology to Kamala Harris: Phone Call to an Old Friend
Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general, got an apologetic phone call last night from the president of the United States — for calling her good looking. Not only good looking — “the best-looking attorney general,” President Barack Obama called Harris, during...
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Kamala Harris, attorney general of California, waves before speaking during day two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 5, 2012.
Obama: California’s AG ‘Best Looking’ — and Beau Biden?
President Barack Obama, in California for some party fundraising, caught his audience’s attention with his notice of the state attorney general: Obama just riffed in how hot Cali AG Kamela Harris is. “By far, the best looking attorney general…(audience: “oh’s”)…C’mon,...
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James Carville, a key advisor for President Clinton during his presidential campaign, appears with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during a roast in Carville's honor on June 18, 1993 in Washington.
Carville on Hillary Clinton: Gas Up ‘Fastest Car at the Racetrack’
Democratic consultant and pundit James Carville, who helped put Bill Clinton in the White House, is trying to do the same for the former president’s wife. Carville today sent out an email on behalf of a super political action committee touting...
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House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Bill Cassidy, left, greets Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, right, before a hearing about the impact of the health care reform act on states on March 1, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Why Candidates for Congress Are Announcing Campaigns This Week
There’s been a spurt of 2014 candidacy announcements for Congress this week. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, said today that he’ll challenge Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Tony Strickland, a former California Republican legislator, and Pete Aguilar, a California Democrat...
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks from the wharf near the PortMiami tunnel project in Miami, Florida on March 29, 2013.
Obama’s Post-Election Fundraising: Replenishing a Party
With a quartet of California fundraisers, President Barack Obama will test his ability to replenish his party’s campaign accounts without the threat of his defeat to motivate Democratic donors. Obama leaves Washington today for a Western trip that is four...
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President Barack Obama participates in a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington DC.
DNC in Money Pit, Obama Heading West: Gold on That Bay
President Barack Obama will headline two San Francisco Bay-Area fundraisers next week for the Democratic National Committee, which is trying to dig itself out of a $22 million hole. Obama will make his DNC pitches on April 4; the day...
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Senator Robert Menendez at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) annual meeting at the Washington Convention Center on March 5, 2013 in Washington.
Menendez Has Helped Donors Other than Melgen
Dr. Salomon Melgren, the West Palm Beach ophthamologist at the center of an investigation involving Sen. Robert Menendez, is not the only campaign contributor who has been helped by the New Jersey Democrat. Menendez backed Spanish Broadcasting System Inc.’s unsuccessful effort...
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