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McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer (Washington Post - 5/9/08) McCain Bags $7m Bushel In Apple (NY Post - 5/8/08) McCain's Big Night (Washington Post The Trail - 5/7/08) McCain Returns Back To His State Of Triumph (Politico Jonathan Martin - 5/6/08) Arab-American Leader Wants Apology From McCain Campaign Over Severed Ties To Finance Committee (Associated Press - 5/5/08) Clinton Shifts From Policy To Populism (Newsday - 5/5/08) Clinton Supporters Fund Anti-Obama Ads In Indiana (LA Times - 5/1/08) The Queen of Pork (Rolling Stone - 5/1/08) Obama Campaign Files FEC Complaint Against Pro-Clinton Group (CNN Politicker - 4/30/08) Big HRC Fundraiser Defects To Obama (MSNBC First Read - 4/25/08) Clinton: $2.3B In Earmarks (The Hill - 4/28/08) McCain Plans Major NY Fundraiser (Washington Post The Trail - 4/28/08) Obama Donor Received A State Grant (LA Times - 4/27/08) McCain Frequently Used Wife’s Jet for Little Cost (NY Times - 4/27/08) McCain Tapping Experience Of GOP Sage (Arizona Republic - 4/26/08) McCain Campaign Violates Own Travel Policy (Boston Globe - 4/27/08) Influence Of Lobbyists Is Hard To Shake (Kansas City Star - 4/26/08) Obama ‘Very Interested In Pursuing Public Financing’ (The Hill - 4/27/08) Mammon, McCain and Obama (Economist - 4/24/08) A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain (NY Times - 4/22/08) List of McCain Fund-Raisers Includes Prominent Lobbyists (NY Times - 4/21/08) Facing Obama Fund-Raising Juggernaut, Clinton Seeks New Sources of Cash (NY Times - 4/20/08) McCain Camp Planning to Widen the Battlefield (NY Times - 4/19/08) Obama Benefits From Calif. Gay Couple’s ‘Golden Rolodex’ (Washington Blade - 4/18/08) Obama's Claims On Lobbyist Money Prove Flimsy (USA Today - 4/17/08) Democrats’ Oil Ads (NY Times The Caucus - 4/16/08) Presidential Candidates Collect Millions, But Fail To Disclose Latest Big Fundraisers (McClatchy Newspapers - 4/16/08) Obama Tied To Lobbyists, But Boasts Of Not Taking Money (USA Today - 4/16/08) A Lapsed Principle (Washington Post - 4/14/08) Dems., Seeking To Hamstring McCain,To File Public Financing Suit (Washington Post The Trail - 4/13/08) Step 1 In Fieger Case: Pick The Jury (Detroit Free Press - 4/14/08) Obama: Public Finance System 'Creaky' (Associated Press - 4/11/08) Big Donors Among Obama's Grass Roots (Washington Post - 4/11/08) David Brock, Dems Plan $40M Hit On McCain (Politico - 4/10/08) McCain, Eyeing Public Funding, Returns Donors' Checks (Boston Globe Political Intelligence - 4/3/08) Donations to DCCC Spike after Clinton Threat To Pelosi (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 4/3/08) Where Are All The Other Republican Donors? (Politico Jonathan Martin - 4/02/08) Another Clinton Fundraiser Has A Suspect Past (McClatchy Newspapers - 4/03/08) FEC Nomination Impasse Stalls Disclosure of Bundling Data (Washington Post - 4/04/08) A Bungled Start For Bundling Rule ($$Roll Call - 4/03/08) Candidates Slam Lobbyists' Clout But Rely On Their Advice (Austin-American Statesman - 3/29/08) McCain's Commitment To Public Financing Questioned (Boston Globe - 3/30/08) Fact Check: Obama And Oil (MSNBC First Read - 3/28/08) McCain Faces Test in Wooing Elite Donors (NY Times - 3/31/08) Pelosi Letter Writers Are Mega-Million $ Donors (NY Times The Caucus - 3/27/08) Putting McCain to the Ethics Test (Time - 3/27/08) Black To Take Leave Of Absence To Join McCain's Campaign (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 3/27/08) Obama Tasks Local Business Leader To Run Fundraising Efforts (Tampa Bay Business Journal - 3/27/08) Clinton Donors Warn Pelosi on Superdelegates (Washington Post The Trail - 3/26/08) GOP-Linked Lobbying Firm Gave $188,300 To McCain (Arizona Republic - 3/24/08) Obama, At Sun-Times Request, Releases Names Of Finance Committee Members, Senate Interns (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 3/24/08) Telecom Lobbyists Tied To McCain (USA Today - 3/23/08) McCain Turns His Attention to Raising Cash for Race (NY Times - 3/21/08) McCain Moves Toward Public Financing (Politico - 3/21/08) Big Fund Managers Organize Donations To Candidates (McClatchy Newspapers - 3/19/08) Obama Campaign Releases Its List Of Rezko-Linked Donors (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 3/16/08) Money Maven (WSJ - 03/15/08) Obama Lists Requests for Pet-Project Funding (Washington Post - 3/14/08) Ferraro Leaves Clinton Camp Over Remarks About Obama (Washington Post - 3/13/08) McCain Aides Lobbied for Boeing Rival (Associated Press - 3/12/08) D'Amato Rai$ing McCain (NY Post - 3/11/08) Clinton Campaign Drops Celebi (Jewish Telegraph Agency - 3/7/08) Uneven Match (Washington Post - 3/10/08) 'Bundlers' Bring In A Bundle (San Antonio Express-News - 2/23/08) A $3 Vote for Competitive Elections (Washington Post - 3/8/08) Pinocchios for John McCain (Washington Post The Fact Checker -2/29/08) Wal-Mart Execs Lean Toward Clinton In Campaign Donations (Ark. News Bureau - 3/2/08) Ex-Farm Worker Raises Cash For Clinton (Tri-City Herald (Texas) - 2/29/08) Dem Hopefuls Won Tax Breaks For Contributors (USA Today - 2/26/08) Where Are They Now? Bundlers From Previous Campaigns Working For 2008 Presidential Candidates [PDF] (Public Citizen - 2/26/08) Nader Announces Third-Party Run for President (USA Today - 2/24/08) Democrats Plan to Complain to FEC About McCain (Washington Post The Trail - 2/24/08) The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised By Lobbyists (Washington Post - 2/22/08) FEC Presses McCain On Public Financing Questions (USA Today On Politics - 2/21/08) McCain Presses Obama on Public Financing (Associated Press - 2/20/08) McCain Accuses Obama Of ‘Double Speak’ On Financing (NY Times The Caucus - 2/20/08) The Obama 'Pledge' (Washington Post The Fact Checker - 2/20/08) Our View On Campaign Finance: Champion Of Reform Adds Asterisks To Money Pledge (USA Today - 2/20/08) Pro-Clinton 527 Prepares For Ohio, PA And Texas (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 2/20/08) Both Sides Must Agree (USA Today - 2/20/08) Read Their Lips (NYT - 2/16/08) Reform Groups Urge Senator Obama to Reaffirm Commitment to Use Public Financing System (Public Citizen - 2/15/08) Clinton Campaign Accuses Obama Of 'Flip-Flop' (USA Today - 2/17/08) McCain Seeks Help From Bush Fundraisers to Replenish Coffers (Bloomberg News - 2/15/08) Clinton's Financial Ties to South Texas Donor (NPR - 2/15/08) Mr. Obama's Waffle (Washington Post - 2/16/08) Obama Money Deal May Happen (Politico - 2/12/08) Whither Romney’s K Street Crowd? (Roll Call - 2/11/08) Big Clinton Fund-Raisers May Run Their Own Ads (WSJ - 2/13/08) McCain Signs Up a Bush Fund-Raising Organizer (NY Times - 2/13/08) Lobbyists and Lawmakers Tread Lightly Around New Disclosure Law (CQ Politics - 2/11/08) Clinton Fundraiser Knows What's Good for GM (Washington Post The Trail - 2/11/08) On the Campaign Trail (Washington Post - 2/5/08) Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Raise Money, Get Clinton, McCain Meetings (ABC News The Blotter - 2/1/08) Lobbyists To Candidates: Enough’s Enough (The Hill - 1/31/08) Obama's Fundraising Collides With His Rhetoric (Chicago Tribune - 2/01/08) Obama's Gay Gold Mine (LA Weekly via Wilshire & Washington - 1/30/08) A Scramble For Edwards And Giuliani Fundraisers (Washington Post - 1/31/08) While The Election Watchdog Wanders (NY Times - 1/31/08) Lobbyist On, Then Off, Obama Fundraiser Invite (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 1/29/08) Lobbyist Wars (National Journal - 1/28/08) Obama Cuts Rezko Ties (Chicago Sun-Times - 1/30/08) McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man (ABC News The Blotter - 1/29/08) Many Lobbyists Among McCain Fundraisers (Washington Post The Trail - 1/29/08) Number of Lobbyist-Fundraisers For Presidential Candidates Already Exceeds 2004 Totals (Public Citizen - 1/29/08) In Rezko Arrest, An Echo of Hsu? (Washington Post The Trail - 1/28/08) Top Candidates' Teams Look To The Lawyers (Washington Post - 1/28/08) South Florida Executives Are Busy Bundling For Candidates (South Florida Business Journal - 1/25/08) Obama's Exelon Ties Merit Close Look (Baltimore Sun - 1/25/08) Thompson Finance Chair Signs On With McCain (Austin American-Statesman - 1/24/08) Kucinich To End 2008 W.H. Bid (Associated Press - 1/24/08) Thompson Decides To Drop Out (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 1/22/08) Who Are the Huckabundlers? (Washington Post - 1/22/08) Obama Passes On Donations (Los Angeles Times - 1/20/08) Obama Gains Access To Big Dollars Through Kerry’s Endorsement (The Hill - 1/18/08) More Than A Dozen Lobbyists Working To Raise Money For Romney (Boston Herald - 1/19/08) Romney's K Street Cabinet (The Nation - 1/18/08) Lobbyist Backing McCain Reaches Out (Washington Post The Trail - 1/18/08) Romney Gets Testy Over Issue Of Lobbyists In His Campaign (Boston Globe - 1/18/08) Romney Gets Riled (Newsweek - 1/17/08) Romney and AP Reporter Exchange Words (Associated Press - 1/17/08) Public Citizen Demands Candidates Name Top Fundraisers (Public Citizen - 1/17/08) What Obama Does Not Want You To Know (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet -1/16/08) The Final Go-Around (Wilshire and Washington - 1/15/08) A Full-Service Law Firm (Tapped - 1/16/08) Obama Blocked Own 'Top Senate Achievement' (Politico - 1/16/08) Bundled Donations Could Hurt Candidates (Politico - 1/10/08) Bama Bundlers Pull In Funding (Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.) - 1/7/08) Sunday Doonesbury (Slate - 1/7/08) Dem Donor Hsu Gets Three Years In Prison (USA Today On Politics Blog - 1/4/08) McCain's Unlikely Ties to K Street (Washington Post - 12/31/07) Tracking Campaign Cash (Washington Post - 12/30/07) Public Citizen Provides Industry Breakdown of Presidential Campaign Bundlers (Public Citizen - 12/20/07) Candidates Got Around With A Little Help From Their Friends (Boston Globe - 12/18/07) Not 'in my White House' (Chicago Sun-Times - 12/16/07) Editorial: Contribution Bundling Should Be Transparent (San Antonio Express-News - 12/15/07) Much-Needed Legislation Would Overhaul the Financing of Presidential Campaigns (Public Citizen - 12/5/07) Lawmakers Propose Campaign Reform (NY Times The Caucus - 12/5/07) Donation Bundlers Face FEC Reckoning (CQ - 12/01/07) Out of Spotlight, Giuliani Embraces Convicted Moneyman (ABC News The Blotter - 11/27/07) Dodd Fourth Presidential Candidate Declared Eligible For Primary Matching Funds In 2008 Race (FEC - 11/27/07) Letter From Washington: Candidates In Race To Spend (Bloomberg News - 11/25/07) Fred Thompson's New Money Man Steps It Up (The Tennessean - 11/26/07) Buffalo’s Biggest Political ‘Bundlers’ (Buffalo News - 11/26/07) Well-connected Ohioans Bring In Big Bucks For Their Candidates (Dayton Daily News - 11/25/07) No Bundle Of Joy (News & Observer - 11/24/07) 'Bundlers' Give A Boost To Presidential Candidates (Mcclatchy-Tribune - 11/24/07) How Big Man In McAllen Bundles Big For Clinton (Washington Post - 11/25/07) Happy Thanksgiving! S.E.C. Investigates Company Founded by Clinton Donor (Associated Press - 11/22/07) Publicity-Shy Giuliani Backer Is Thrust Into Spotlight (New York Times - 11/22/07) Opportunity To Clean Up Government At All Levels (Indianapolis Star - 11/19/07) Edwards' ActBlue Haul Could Pose Problems (Politico - 11/18/07) Rudy Giuliani Jets to Campaign Stops Using Casino Kingpin's Plane (NY Daily News - 11/18/07) The Semi-Secret World of Campaign Bundlers (McClatchy - 11/18/07) Peeking Toward 2010 (Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert - 11/15/07) Bush Showed More Than ’08 Hopefuls (The Hill - 11/16/07) Obama's Ties to Mining Lobbyist Draw Scrutiny (Associated Press - 11/14/07) Chris Dodd: PAC-Man (New Haven Advocate - 11/15/07) Obama Discloses Top Fundraisers (Chicago Tribune The Swamp - 11/13/07) Obama Names Top Fund-Raisers, Gives More Details Than Clinton (Chicago Sun-Times - 11/14/07) Dems Profit As 113 Campaign Donors Near $108K Cap (USA Today - 11/13/07) Bundlers Raise Millions For Candidates (Baltimore Sun - 11/11/07) Head of 'The House' (Washington Post - 11/13/07) McCain Calls For End To Independent Ads (Associated Press - 11/12/07) How a Business Flop Became Political Force (WSJ - 11/12/07) Biden May Join Edwards In Using Federal Campaign Funding (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 11/9/07) A Question for You, Mr./Ms. President (Huffington Post - 11/8/07) Ambinder: Obama Campaign "helping to place" Hsu Story (Chicago Sun-Times - 11/8/07) Texas Donor Under Investigation (Associated Press - 11/8/07) Electoral Vote Initiative Backers Revealed (LA Times - 11/7/07) Watergate-Era Fundraising Returns With Clinton, Obama, Giuliani (Bloomberg - 11/5/07) Thompson Defends Fundraiser With Criminal Record (Washington Post - 11/5/07) Thompson Adviser Has Criminal Past (Washington Post - 11/4/07) Bundlers Raise Big Bucks For ’08 Race (Knoxville News Sentinel - 10/29/07) Election Regulators Take First Step on New “Bundling” Rules (CQ Politics - 10/31/07) For Fairer Campaigns: Full, Public Funding (Christian Science Monitor - 10/29/07) Candidates Face Queries on Who Gave How Much (WSJ Washington Wire - 10/26/07) Happy Birthday, Hillary! (ABC News - 10/25/07) Fred's Home-State Bundler Oversaw Fined GOP (Politico - 10/24/07) 'Retail Politics' Gives Way To ATM Mentality (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - 10/24/07) Clinton's Chinatown Donors Scrutinized (Washington Post The Trail - 10/23/07) As Campaigns Chafe at Limits, Donors Might Be in Diapers (Washington Post - 10/24/07) Bundling No Byproduct of McCain-Feingold (Politico - 10/20/07) An Unlikely Treasure-Trove Of Donors For Clinton (LA Times - 10/19/07) Edwards Campaign Slams Clinton Push For Rural Vote (Boston Globe - 10/19/07) Cash Race Is Blazing As Clinton Visit Nears (Seattle Times - 10/19/07) Bundlers in ’08 (NY Times - 10/19/07) GOP Hopefuls Hunt For Whales (Washington Post The Fix - 10/18/07) Accused Law Firm Continues Giving to Democrats (NY Times - 10/18/07) Donor Bundling Emerges As Major Ill in '08 Race (WSJ - 10/18/07) Don't Write Off Public Financing Just Yet (Washington Post The Trail - 10/16/07) Ties to Hsu Severed, Some Funds May Remain (Washington Post The Trail - 10/17/07) Many GOP Donors Yet to Open Wallets (Washington Post - 10/17/07) Not All Hsu-linked Funds Are Rejected (LA Times - 10/17/07) Refunds Sour Some Donors On Giving (10/16/07 - Politico) Clinton Report Lists Refunds to 249 Hsu Donors (10/16/07 - LA Times) Sweet Column: Michelle Obama Top VIP London Package: Raise $23,000 For Barack. Swats Down Clinton "inevitable" Talk. (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 10/14/07) Edwards Calls for Ban on Lobbyists’ Donations (NY Times The Caucus - 10/13/07) Could Gore Raise the Money? (Washington Post The Trail - 10/12/07) Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot (Washington Post - 10/12/07) Senators Push for Fund-Raising Amendment (NY Times The Caucus - 10/8/07) Hsu's Love Of Wine And Clinton On Display (LA Times - 10/11/07) Obama Dodged Hsu Headache (Chicago Sun-Times - 10/9/07) The $75 Million Woman (Washington Post - 10/8/07) Mike Huckabee's Long-Shot Last Shot (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 10/8/07) Clinton Is All Talk On Finance Reform (Albany Times Union - 10/5/07) Rich Donors Make State Party Coffers Bulge (WSJ - 10/2/07) Giuliani Supporter Admits Funding Calif. Referendum (NPR - 9/29/07) Lots of Small Donors Help Edwards (WSJ Washington Wire - 10/1/07) Candidates Bungle With Bundlers (Christian Science Monitor- 10/2/07) Tracking "The Bundlers" (CBS News - 10/2/07) Edwards Says He'll Accept Public Financing (CNN - 9/27/07) Disgraced Fundraiser Hsu Still Wanted (Associated Press - 9/26/07) Hsu Raised Big Money For Clinton Supporters (Boston Globe - 9/26/07) Small Donors Rewrite Fundraising Handbook (Politico - 9/26/07) Bundle Of Trouble (Toledo Blade - 9/24/07) A Bunch of Money Trouble (U.S. News and World Report - 9/22/07) The Case Of Norman Hsu … (Hartford Courant - 9/24/07) Hsu Case Sheds Light On Blind Donors In Race (USA Today - 9/23/07) Wag the Blog: Fundraising Foibles (Washington Post The Fix - 9/20/07) Norman Hsu vs. Oprah Winfrey (LA Times - 9/21/07) Hsu Is Accused of Ponzi Scheme (LA Times - 9/21/07) Complaint Says Hsu Admitted Fraud (NY Times - 9/21/07) Feds Say Hsu Ran 'Massive Ponzi Scheme;' Used 'Straw Donors' To Fund Candidates (USA Today On Politics - 9/20/07) Gingrich Says If He Gets $30M In Pledges, He Just Might Run (USA Today On Politics - 9/20/07) Donors Stir 'Bundling' Questions (WSJ - 9/20/07) Past Clouds Candidates' Donor Lists (Washington Post - 9/20/07) Biden Returns Cash, Hillary Doesn't (Politico - 9/18/07) Hsu's History of Shady Dealings (San Jose Mercury News - 9/19/07) Giuliani’s Day in London (NY Times The Caucus - 9/19/07) Edwards and Clinton Tussle Over Lunch (NY Times The Caucus - 9/18/07) Candidates Urged: Fix Finance System (Washington Post The Trail - 9/14/07) Donor Hsu Projected Wealth, Likability (LA Times - 9/15/07) Hsu Cast Wide Net For Clinton Donors (Washington Post - 9/16/07) For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers (WSJ - 9/14/07) Judge in Colorado Sets Bond of $5 Million for Democratic Fund-Raiser (NY Times - 9/14/07) Hsu Thrived In 'Bundling' System (LA Times - 9/14/07) Politicians Took Money From Indicted Oilman (Politico - 9/13/07) Campaigns Feel The Effects of Hsu Case (LA Times - 9/12/07) Tancredo Second Presidential Candidate Declared Eligible for Primary Matching Funds in 2008 Race (Federal Election Commission - 9/12/07) Clinton May Revisit Donors Whose Funds Were Returned (Washington Post - 9/13/07) '08 Hopefuls Net Millions From Piggy Banks (USA Today - 9/11/07) '60s Figure Says He Financed Donor Hsu (WSJ - 9/12/07) He Financed '60s Figure Says He Financed Donor Hsu (WSJ - 9/12/07) A $40 Million Shortfall in the Hsu Case (WSJ Washington Wire - 9/12/07) Clinton Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check (Washington Post - 9/12/07) Clinton Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Donor (NY Times - 9/12/07) Ms. Clinton's $850,000 Bundle (Washington Post - 9/12/07) Take the Money and Rue (NY Times - 9/12/07) Fred Thompson: First Lobbyist for President (Fox News - 9/11/07) For Clintons, An Unwelcome Echo (Washington Post The Trail - 9/11/07) Clinton To Cut Ties With Fundraiser (LA Times - 9/11/07) Clinton Campaign To Return $850K Raised By Hsu (Associated Press - 9/10/07) Bill Clinton To Visit S.A. For Hillary Fundraiser (San Antonio Express-News - 9/7/07) Hsu Steered Major Fundraiser to Obama (Washington Post - 9/8/07) A Fugitive Political Fund-Raiser Leaves a Shadowy Money Trail (NY Times - 9/9/07) Campaign Finance Schemes Brought Too Much Light On Norman Hsu (San Francisco Chronicle - 9/10/07) Fugitive Scandal May Pose a Hurdle for the New School (NY Times - 9/9/07) Winfrey Draws Rich, Famous to Obama Bash (Chicago Tribune - 9/9/07) Fred Donors' Firm Tied To Medicaid Scandal (Politico - 9/7/07) Ex-Fugitive's Fundraising Talent Put Him on Democrats' A-List (Washington Post - 9/7/07) Romney Fundraiser In Utah Is Off Team (Salt Lake Tribune - 9/7/07) Oprah Backs Obama, But Will She Vote For Him? (Chicago Sun-Times - 9/7/07) Democratic Donor Hsu Caught In Colorado (LA Times - 9/7/07) Big Money's Sway In US 2008 Race (BBC - 9/7/07) Dems Battle for Silicon Valley Cash (The Hill - 9/6/07) Pa. Gov to Donate Hsu Funds to Charity (Associated Press - 9/6/07) Bundler-lobbyists Tracked On New Web Site (Boston Globe - 9/6/07) Top Fundraiser Backs Giuliani (St. Petersburg Times - 9/5/07) Clinton Comes to Raise Money (Cincinnati Enquirer - 09/06/07) Clinton Planning Irish Fundraiser (BBC - 9/4/07) Romney Benefits From Ties To eBay President (The Hill - 9/6/07) Watchdog Says More Lobbyists Than Ever Will Be Big-bucks 'Bundlers' For '08 Contenders (USA Today On Politics - 9/6/07) Number of Lobbyist-Fundraisers for 2008 Presidential Candidates Likely to Eclipse 2004 Totals (Public Citizen - 9/6/07) Democratic Donor Skips Day In Court (LA Times - 9/6/07) Democratic Donor A No Show At Hearing (Associated Press - 9/5/07) Bundlers Behaving Badly (Washington Post - 9/4/07) When Controversy Follows Cash (Washington Post - 9/3/07) Use of Bundlers Raises New Risks for Campaigns (NY Times 8/31/07) Group Fined by F.E.C. for Campaign Violations (NY Times - 8/30/07) Clinton Donor Under a Cloud in Fraud Case (NY Times - 8/30/07) McCain Is Eligible to Receive Public Financing (NY Times - 8/29/07) Democratic Fundraiser Is A Fugitive In Plain Sight (LA Times - 8/29/07) Big Source of Clinton's Cash (WSJ - 8/28/07) Is an Unlikely Address (WSJ - 8/28/07) Mr. Edwards For Public Financing (Washington Post - 8/28/07) Oprah's Windfall (Variety's Wilshire and Washington - 8/26/07) Let's Get The Money Out Of Politics (Roanoke Times - 8/24/07) Early Primaries Equals More Fundraising? (Associated Press - 8/23/07) Only W's Cash is Welcome (4th item) (NY Post - 8/25/07) Whistle Stop Weekend Begins (Martha's Vineyard Gazette - 8/24/07) The Funds Never Stop for Hill ’n’ Bill (Boston Herald - 8/26/07) Clinton Fund-Raiser on the Vineyard (NY Times - 8/26/07) Thompson faces election complaint (Associated Press - 8/20/07) Edwards to Pull Out of Fund for Lenders (Associated Press - 8/17/07) Money Where His Mouth Isn't (Washington Post The Trail - 8/15/07) Bush Works Harder to Raise Money (USA Today - 8/15/07) Convention Party Favors Include Face Time (Washington Post - 8/14/2007) Romney's Old Ties To Firm Pay Off (Washington Post - 8/14/2007) Huckabee's Price Of Admission: $100,000 (Washington Post The Trail - 8/13/2007) Ames and Misses in Iowa (National Review - 8/14/2007) Romney Fund-raiser Quits After Indictment (Boston Globe - 8/12/2007) Edwards Daughter Received Murdoch Money (Politico - 8/12/2007) Clinton Hopes He'll Have The Magic Touch (NY Daily News - 8/13/2007) Hillary's Finest Hour (WSJ - 8/13/2007) Yes, The Fund-Raising Records Fell, Just Not As Far (NY Times - 8/13/2007) T. Thompson Drops Out (Politico's Jonathan Martin - 8/12/2007) Fund-Raising: Clinton's K Street Play (Newsweek - 8/12/2007) Romney Bets Big On Ames Poll (WSJ - 8/10/2007) Giuliani Schmoozes In Cincy (Cincinatti Enquirer - 8/10/2007) Romney's Cash Beckons Iowans To Straw Poll (WP - 8/10/2007) Depends On What Your Definition Of Lobbyist Is (LA Times Top Of The Ticket- 8/8/2007) Obama Has Lobbyist Advising on Gay Issues (ABC News The Blotter - 8/9/2007) Dough Days Of Summer For Clintons (NY Daily News - 8/9/2007) PACs And Lobbyists Aided Obama's Rise (Boston Globe - 8/9/2007) Clinton And The Bankruptcy Law (NYT's The Caucus - 8/8/2007) Edwards Raising Money From Lawyers Again — But Getting Less Than In 2004 (Sixth item) (TPM's Election Central - 8/9/2007) Changing Minds (Public Campaign Action Fund - 8/8/2007) Clintons’ Pool Party (NY Observer - 8/7/2007) Internet-based PAC Driving Democratic Push (Boston Globe - 8/7/2007) PAC Money Put To Work By Obama (Hill - 8/8/2007) Ethical Endorsements (MyDD - 8/9/2007) Some Clinton Staffing News (MSNBC's First Read - 8/9/2007) McCain Moves (WSJ's Washington Wire - 8/8/2007) New Schedule May Change Campaign Strategies (Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - 8/9/2007) Giuliani and His Shadow, ‘Flip' (NY Sun - 8/8/2007) Clinton Handles Lobbying Question (WP The Fix - 8/7/2007) Ready For (Sub)Prime Time (WP The Trail - 8/8/2007) Party Rivals Lob(by) Grenades At Clinton (NY Daily News - 8/7/2007) Lobbyists Cheer Clinton's Comments (WP The Trail - 8/7/2007) Newt: Ask Me In October (MSNBC's First Read - 8/7/2007) Gristedes Chief Hires Adviser Who Could Boost Mayoral Bid (NY Sun - 8/6/2007) Rob Ryan Goes To Work For A Hillary Supporter (NY Observer - 8/6/2007) Positive New Jersey Coverage [On Clean Elections] (Public Campaign - 8/6/2007) Show Me the Money! That's Exactly What FundRace 2008 Will Do (Huffington Post - 8/5/2007) Keyes Supporters Plan Presence At Iowa Straw Poll (We Need Alan Keyes for President Inc. - 8/6/2007) Richardson Attracts 120 Bundlers To Donor Retreat (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 8/3/2007) Digging Deep For Obama (NY Times - 8/6/2007) Rebecca Walsh: Red? Blue? Utah's A Green State (Salt Lake Tribune - 8/7/2007) An Expense For Edwards (Politico - 8/6/2007) Fundraisers Tap Those Who Can't Say No (WP - 8/7/2007) Some CEOs Give $$ To Dems & Reps (NY Post - 8/5/2007) Sinful Giuliani Running With The Devil (NY Post - 8/6/2007) Bob Martinez for Giuliani (St. Petersburg Times - 8/5/2007) Clinton and the Lobbyists (NY Times - 8/6/2007) Gravel's Half Right: Democrats Cozy With Wall Street, But Small Donors Are Up, Too (Tucson Citizen - 8/6/2007) Presidential Candidates Strike It Rich In Maryland (Balt. Sun - 8/5/2007) Obama Tries To Narrow Fundraising Gap (AP - 8/6/2007) Fundraisers Aiming For Voters With Less Money (SF Chronicle - 8/6/2007) Democratic Hopefuls Try To Woo Bloggers (LA Times - 8/5/2007) Obama TV Ad's Assertions Are Factually OK, But … (Des Moines Register - 8/3/2007) A Hamp-ton Of Money (NY Daily News - 8/3/2007) Watch Out, Hamptons: Here Come the Clintons (NY Times - 8/2/2007) Taking Rupert's Cash (Washington Post - 8/3/2007) A Look at the Fund-Raising of a G.O.P. Noncandidate (NY Times - 8/3/2007) Edwards In a Biz Hate & Switch (NY Post - 8/3/2007) Quote of the Day (Hotline) Former NY Mayor Giuliani To Visit Colorado Springs (AP) Lawyers Ante Up for Hill (Philadelphia City Paper) 7 Utahns Among Top Donors for Mitt (Deseret News) Prudential Douglas Prez to Host Clinton Hamptons Fundraiser (Newsday) Thompson Won't Have Services of Top Tenn. Fundraiser (Politico) Tancredo's Capital (Not Capital!) Offer (MSNBC) Attorneys Still Bankroll Edwards Effort (AP) Fred Thompson’s Long ‘Exploration’ Raises Money — and Confusion (CQ) Voting Officials Face New Rules to Bar Conflicts (NY Times) Tennesseans Boost Thompson's Bid (Washington Post) P.M. Postscript: F. Thompson’s Numbers (NY Times) Fred Thompson Came Up Short in June Money (NY Times) Bush Gives Plum Jobs to Fundraisers (Tampa Tribune) For Thompson, Spotlight Without the Scrutiny (Boston Globe) Awana Erred on Bush Fundraiser (Honolulu Advertiser) Democrats Tops in Health Care Money (AP) Buffett Holds Sway in White House Horse Race (AP) '08 Candidates' Disclosures Make Bush/Cheney Look Good (ABC News - The Blotter) Campaigners Who Raise A Bundle (Talking Justice Blog) Rivals Set Up Head to Head Fundraisers (The Hill) White House for Sale? (MSNBC) Big Fish Shadow Obama's Small Fry (Chicago Tribune) Democrats’ Big Givers Play Presidential Field (The Hill) Conventions Welcome Corporate Cash (USA Today) Edwards Campaign Leads the Pack in Contributions From Lawyers (National Law Journal) Fundraiser Cashes In--Obama Gets Zero (San Francisco Chronicle) Fred Thompson Shakes Up Staff (USA Today) Edwards Returns Donations From Lobbyists (Associated Press) Small Donors Playing Bigger Role In Campaigns (LA Times) Democrats Lead By $100 Million in Money Race (Wall Street Journal) PAC Tries New Tactic to Boost Obama (Boston Globe)