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Taking Names: Movers And Shakers Toast The News At Private Parties (Crain's Chicago Business - 11/5/08) Mega-Bundlers Up Financing Ante (WSJ - 11/5/08) 2008 Campaign Costliest In U.S. History (Politico - 11/5/08) Obama Fundraising Breaks The Money Mould (Canwest News Service - 11/4/08) The Tally on Independent Spending (NY Times The Caucus -11/4/08) What Happens to Public Financing, When Obama Thrived Without It? (NY Times - 11/2/02) Obama Team Plans for Hiring Lobbyists (WSJ - 11/1/08) Political Newcomer Hopes To Help Democrats Regain Control Of Texas House (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram - 11/1/08) Yes, He Can (Slate - 10/30/08) Now, the $2 Billion Campaign (NY Times - 10/31/08 Outside Soft Money Groups Approaching $400 Million in Targeted Spending in 2008 Election (Campaign Finance Institute - 10/31/08) Groups Spend Millions Bypassing TV, Radio (USA Today - 10/24/08) New Legal Battle For Prominent McCain Fundraiser (NBC Deep Background - 10/23/08) Buying Elections (Baltimore Sun - 10/24/08) A New Era For Campaign Finance (Christian Science Monitor - 10/24/08) Watchdogs Want To Curb Campaign Bundlers After Obama Tidal Wave (CQ Politics - 10/23/08) We Think: Congress And The President Should Repair Campaign Funding System (Orlando Sentinel - 10/23/08) In Presidential Race, Tennessee Strategies Diverge (Knoxville News Sentinel - 10/22/08) Big Donors Drive Obama's Money Edge (Washington Post - 10/22/08) Editorial: Campaign Spending - System Needs Repair (Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/22/08) Presidential Candidates Collect A Bundle Through Bundling (Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 10/22/08) In Fine Print, a Proliferation of Large Donors (NY Times - 10/21/08) Save Public Financing (Newsday - 10/21/08) Obama Recasts the Fund-Raising Landscape (NY Times - 10/20/08) Economic Downturn Sidelines Donors to '527' Groups (Washington Post - 10/19/08) McCain Bundler Accused of War Profiteering (Washington Post The Trail - 10/17/08) Virginians Giving At Record Pace To Obama, McCain (Washington Post - 9/22/08) Groups Seek Reform Promises From Candidates (The Hill - 9/17/08) Quote of the Day (Associated Press - 9/18/08) Reform Groups Ask McCain, Obama To Reject Soft Money If Elected (Public Citizen - 9/17/08) Prominent Clinton Backer and DNC Member to Endorse McCain (CNN Political Ticker - 9/16/08) Into the Rolodex for a Bundle (Washington Post - 9/15/08) Financial Services Firms and Campaign Donations (NY Times - 9/15/08) Updated: Before Their Fall, Wall Street Titans Spent Big On Barack Obama, John McCain, Other Pols (LAT Top of the Ticket - 9/15/08) South Florida GOP Mega-Donor Wields Power Behind Scenes (Miami Herald - 9/13/08) Two High-Ranking McCain Campaign Officials Lobbied For Companies At Center of Sex-For-Oil Scandal (TPM Election Central - 9/12/08) McCain Taps Lobbyist for Transition (Time - 9/12/08) Behind-the-scenes GOP Fundraiser Finds Himself In Spotlight (Miami Herald - 9/12/08) McCain Raises Cash While Limited To Public Funds (USA Today - 9/10/08) '08 Rivals Have Ties to Loan Giants (NYT - 9/10/08) McCain Adviser Had Russian Ties ($WSJ - 9/8/08) Once Spurned, McCain Finds Corporate Support ($WSJ - 9/8/08) Quietly, Obama Campaign Calls In The Cavalry (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 9/9/08) Straining to Reach Money Goal, Obama Presses Donors (NY Times - 9/9/08) Convention Limelight Shines on a Big Donor (NY Times - 9/5/08) Democrats Make Plans to Fete Bundlers (National Journal - 9/5/08) GOP Hopes To Keep The Cash Coming (National Journal - 8/31/08) Top Black Donors See Obama's Rise as Their Own (NY Times - 8/29/08) Convention Passes Are Fund-Raising Currency All Their Own ($WSJ - 8/29/08) Obama Camp Pitches in to Reduce Clinton Campaign Debt (CQ Weekly - 8/28/08) The Parties Split Minnesota's Big Money People (CQ Weekly - 8/28/08) Obama Campaign Manager Rallies Finance Team (Washington Post The Trail - 8/28/08) Some Clinton Fundraisers Squeezing Money For Obama (Associated Press - 8/28/08) Some Clinton Fund-Raisers Are Still Simmering (NY Times - 8/27/08) Clinton Bundler Joins Obama Camp (Washington Post The Trail - 8/26/08) Pragmatist' Indian Americans Switch to Obama From Clinton (NY Sun - 8/26/08) For Money Men, A Convention With A Different Goal (Washington Post The Trail - 8/25/08) Corporations Give To Democratic Convention, Get Skyboxes (Dallas Morning News - 8/25/08) Rick MacArthur: "You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America" (Democracy Now - 8/25/08) Donations Bundled Far From Florida (St. Petersburg Times - 8/20/08) Five From State Raise Almost $1M For Obama, McCain (Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisc.) - 8/20/08) No Business Links in My Fundraising (Washington Post - 8/12/08) Where’s the Taxpayer’s Ticket to the Conventions? (CQ Politics - 8/11/08) Baleful Bundlers (NY Times - 8/11/08) Obama Raises More Than Twice As McCain In N.J. (Newark Star-Ledger - 8/11/08) Obama's Bundles Of Campaign Joy (News & Observer - 8/10/08) Ralph Reed: Come Meet My New Friend John McCain (Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/8/08) Don’t Call Me—I May Call You (Newsweek - 8/9/08) Liberals Ask Justice to Probe McCain Bundler (Washington Post The Trail - 8/8/08) Why McCain's "Abdullah" Contributions Aren't Deemed Controversial (TPM Election Central - 8/8/08) McCain or Obama: Who Has The More Powerful Wall Street Supporters? ($WSJ Deal Journal - 8/8/08) Candidates Name Half-Million-Dollar Teams ($WSJ - 8/8/08) Candidates for Sale (Rolling Stone - 8/6/08) Pressure to Donate to Romney Alleged in Complaint ($WSJ - 8/7/08) Not A Bundler? (Politico Ben Smith - 8/7/08) Mystery Deepens Around McCain Bundler (TPM Election Central - 8/7/08) Family's Donations to McCain Raise Questions (NY Times - 8/7/08) McCain Bundler's Donors Raise Eyebrows (ProPublica - 8/6/08) McCain's Generous — And 'Unlikely' — Financial Supporters (Carpetbagger Report - 8/6/08) Role Of Big Donors Rising For Obama (United Press International - 8/6/08) The Early Word: The Money Game (NY Times The Caucus - 8/6/08) Big Donors, Too, Have Seats at Obama Fund-Raising Table (NY Times - 8/6/08) Mortgage Group's Next Leader Brings All Kinds of Experience (Washington Post - 8/5/08) Orin Kramer, King of the New York Obamasaurs (New York Observer - 8/5/08) McCain's Oil Co. Donors (NY Times The Caucus - 8/4/08) Oil Executives Gave To McCain After Offshore Drilling Reversal (TPM Election Central - 8/4/08) McCain, Obama: Fessing Up 'Bundlers' (Chicago Tribune The Swamp - 8/3/08) On Donor Disclosure, John McCain Gets A B, Barack Obama Gets A C (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 8/1/08) Watchdogs Fault Candidates (Washington Times - 7/31/08) Analysis: Obama, McCain Both Have Lobbyist Ties (CNN - 7/29/08) Democracy Group Gives Donors Access to McCain (NY Times - 7/28/08) Bundler Collects From Unlikely Donors (Washington Post - 8/6/08) ‘Mega-donors’ Pump Millions Into McCain’s Presidential Campaign, Public Citizen Analysis Shows (Public Citizen - 7/18/08) Democrats Look to Lobbyist to Finance Convention (NY Times - 7/14/08) 'Enough to Show That They're Serious' (Washington Post Investigations - 7/14/08) McCain, Obama Camps Promise to Disclose More Donor Information (NY Times The Caucus - 7/11/08) Sun-Times Probe: As State Senator, Obama Steered $100,000 Grant To Supporter For Urban "Garden" Never Built (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 7/11/08) Maybe Obama Needs the Big-Money Dems After All (NY Observer The Politicker - 7/11/08) Donors Asked To Give for Two (Washington Post - 7/11/08) Obama's Fashionable New Bundlers (Politico Ben Smith - 7/11/08) Candidates Are Slow to Identify 'Bundlers' (NY Times - 7/11/08) McCain Plans to Spend $200 Million Before GOP Convention (Washington Post The Trail - 7/10/08) DOJ Says It Will "Vigorously Pursue" Violations By 527 Groups (Election Law Blog - 7/10/08) Obama Fundraiser Host Emphasizes: No Money For Hillary (Politico Jonathan Martin - 7/10/08) Obama Urges Donors to Forgive Clinton Debt at New York Fundraiser (WSJ Washington Wire - 7/10/08) Clintonites at Arm's Length (Washington Post - 7/10/08) Obama Urges Backers to Address Clinton Debt (NY Times - 7/10/08) Obama Donors Told Fundraising A Bit Slow, Urged To Help Clinton (Huffington Post - 7/9/08) Romney's Money Men Make VP Case (The Hill - 7/9/08) McCain Gets a Little Help from Outside Group (Washington Post The Trail - 7/9/08) Dem Platform Panel To Include Two Registered Lobbyists (CQ Politics - 7/9/08) For McCain, Another Problem Fundraiser (ABC News The Blotter - 7/9/08) Fmr MD Guv Raising $$ For McCain (Hotline On Call - 7/9/08) Obama Courts Big Donors (NY Times The Caucus - 7/9/08) Obama Donors Aren’t Rushing to Aid Clinton (NY Times - 7/9/08) A Special Bundler Meeting, More 'Traditional Clinton People' (NY Observer The Politicker - 7/9/08) Obama And Hillary Teaming Up For More Fundraisers (TPM Election Central - 7/8/08) Democrats to Hold Major NYC Fund-Raiser Wednesday (WSJ Washington Wire - 7/8/08) Obama Fundraises Like a Rockefeller (Time The Page - 7/8/08) Obama Has 3 Big Dollar Fund-raisers In Chicago (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 7/8/08) Well-To-Do Conventioneers Could Be Seeing Stars (Denver Post - 7/8/08) Obama Campaign Reaps Gilded Haul (NY Times The Caucus - 7/8/08) Democrats Use Denver Convention To Stroke Big Donors (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 7/7/08) Pool Report of Obama Atlanta Fundraisers (Time The Page - 7/7/08) Just Democracy (The Nation - 7/1/08) 'Independent' Ads Tout McCain's Energy Policies ($WSJ - 7/7/08) New Group Linked to G.O.P. Unveils Ad Attacking Obama (NY Times - 7/7/08) Obama Faces Resistance From Top Supporters of Clinton ($WSJ - 7/7/08) Florida Bush Donors Trickle To McCain (St. Petersburg Times - 7/7/08) Obama Talking Points Memo: Why Obama Dropped Pledge To 'Aggresively' Seek Public Finance Deal With McCain. (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 7/6/08) John McCain Lags In Key Strategy For Cash (Arizona Republic - 7/6/08) Obama Showed Independent Streak In Lobbyist Dealings (USA Today - 7/6/08) Vets Group Plans Ads Touting Success in Iraq (NY Times The Caucus - 7/5/08) McCain To Get Air Cover From Vets (Politico - 7/5/08) Obama and Clinton to Work Hard for the Money (NY Times The Caucus - 7/5/08) Obama Picks Up Fund-Raising Pace (NY Times - 7/3/08) RNC Creates Independent Expenditure Arm (Politico Jonathan Martin - 7/2/08) McCain Allies Find Finance-Law Holes ($WSJ - 7/3/08) Depends On What Your Definition Of A Lobbyist Is (LA Times - 7/3/08) John McCain, Prisoner Of Cash (Slate Chatterbox - 7/1/08) Bush Base Yet To Rush To Donate To McCain (Boston Globe - 7/1/08) "Unity" Easier For Hil Than Some Of Her Supporters (NY Daily News Mouth of the Potomac - 6/28/08) Watchdogs Ask: What About The Bundlers? (NY Times The Caucus - 6/27/08) Obama, Clinton Join Together In Show Of Unity (Washington Post - 6/27/08) Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Exchange Checks At Key Meeting (NY Daily News - 6/26/08) Obama, Clinton Pitch Unity To Big Donors (Chicago Tribune The Swamp - 6/26/08) Hillary Clinton Hands Off Her Top Bundler$ To Obama The Victor (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 6/26/08) After The Press Leaves, Some Edgy Questions (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 6/26/08) How Goes Obama's LGBT Fundraising? (Planet Out - 6/26/08) For Obama, Clinton, Cash Needs Are Intertwined (NPR - 6/26/08) Campaign Aide Isn't One Of Those Lobbyists; He's Just Their Boss (CQ Today - 6/24/08) Snuggling Up to the Bundlers (NY Times - 6/26/08) D.N.C. Sues McCain Over Campaign Loan (NY Times The Caucus - 6/24/08) Passing Plate For Hill (NY Post - 6/25/08) Obama Still Needs Big-Money Donors (Chicago Sun-Times - 6/23/08) Obama, McCain Urged to Reveal Complete Donor Information (Public Citizen - 6/25/08) Obama Asks Donors to Raise Money For Clinton (Time Swampland - 6/24/08) Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Bundlers (Washington Post - 6/25/08) Obama's Balance Sheet (Washington Post - 6/24/08) McCain's Core Advantage (Washington Post - 6/24/08) Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol (NY Times - 6/23/08) Obama To Woo 'Hillraisers' At Mayflower ($WSJ - 6/23/08) Obama's Funding Flip-Flop (Newark Star-Ledger - 6/22/08) Graham On "Meet The Press" On Obama Broken Pledge On Public Campaign Financing (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 6/22/08) Campaign Money Back In Spotlight (Charlotte Observer - 6/22/08) Ready To Attack Obama, If Some Money Arrives (NY Times - 6/21/08) Obama Cites Attack Ads As A Failing Of The System (NY Times - 6/21/08) Moveon Terminates Its 527 (NY Times The Caucus - 6/20/08) Get Ready For Record Campaign Spending (LA Times - 6/20/08) The Policy Side Of Obama's Public Financing Opt-Out (MoJo Blog - 6/20/08) Obama Reneges On Public Financing (Washington Post The Fact Checker - 6/20/08) Our View On Campaign Finance: Obama's Money Move Lifts Expediency Over Principle (USA Today - 6/20/08) Obama To Reject Public Funds For Election (Washington Post - 6/20/08) Obama Opts Out Of Public Funds (USA Today - 6/20/08) The Two Obamas (NY Times - 6/20/08) Obama's Decision Threatens Public Financing System (NY Times - 6/20/08) Obama, In Shift, Says He'll Reject Public Financing (NY Times - 6/20/08) Swift Boat'-Like Groups May Bloom After Obama Finance Decision (Bloomberg - 6/20/08) Obama Vs. McCain: Campaign Finance Edition (NY Times The Caucus - 6/19/08) Obama Move Irks Reform Allies (Politico - 6/19/08) McCain Will Accept Public Financing (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 6/19/08) McCain Sharpens Attack On Obama Over Public Financing (Washington Post The Trail - 6/19/08) Obama's Pushback On Financing (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/19/08) McCain: 'A Big Deal' (Politico Ben Smith - 6/19/08) McCain: Obama Broke His Word (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/19/08) Feingold Criticizes Obama (Politico Ben Smith - 6/19/08) Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Decision By Senator Obama Not To Accept Public Financing (Democracy 21 - 6/19/08) McCain Campaign Says Obama Opting Out Of Public Financng Shows He Is "Just Another Typical Politician." (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 6/19/08) Obama Told Tim Russert At Feb. 27 Debate He Would "Sit Down With John McCain." (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 6/19/08) Obama Will Not Take Public Campaign Financing For General Election (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 6/19/08) Obama's Moneymen Work On Clinton's Top Donors In Chicago (LA Times Top of the Ticket - 6/19/08) John McCain High End Fund-Raiser ($100,000 For VIP Reception) At Chicago'S Drake Hotel (Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet - 6/18/08) America Votes Plans GOTV Effort In Battlegrounds (Washington Post The Fix - 6/18/08) The Mayflower Compact (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 6/18/08) Clinton Asks Top Donors To Meeting With Obama (Associated Press - 6/18/08) Obama And Clinton Seek To Unite Donors In Joint Appearance (NY Times - 6/18/08) Team Clinton Raising Money For Obama (NY Daily News Mouth of the Potomac - 6/17/08) Hil And Obama, Together Again: First Joint Appearance To Rally Her Donors (NY Daily News - 6/17/08) DNC Says It Will File Suit To Compel FEC Investigation Of McCain Campaign (USA Today On Politics - 6/17/08) DNC To Again File Suit On McCain's Matching Funds (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/17/08) Obama Camp Raises Clayton Williams (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/16/08) McCain Texas Fundraiser Back On, Sans Oilman (Washington Post The Trail - 6/15/08) Obama: The System Is Broken (CBS News From the Road - 6/19/08) Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/19/08) Obama Won't Accept Public Financing (The Hill - 6/19/08) Obama Risks `Pristine' Image in Question of Public Financing (Bloomberg - 6/13/08) Next On The GOP List: Eric Holder (Washington Post The Trail - 6/12/08) HRC's Reward: Bundle Of Campaign Cash? (Politico - 6/12/08) Leader of Obama's VP Search Team Quits (Washington Post - 6/12/08) Obama's Top Vetter Resigns (NY Times The Caucus - 6/11/08) Clinton Avoids VP Talk, Pushes Donors To Work For Obama During Afternoon Call (Huffington Post - 6/5/08) Obama's Choice of Insider Draws Fire (Washington Post - 6/11/08) Obama Calls Johnson Questions "A Game" (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 6/10/08) And Who's Vetting McCain's Veeps? A Former Lobbyist, Natch (ABC News Political Punch - 6/10/08) Obama: No Vetting The Vetters (Politico Ben Smith - 6/10/08) McCain Makes Fun Of Lobbyist Paranoia (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/10/08) Dems Can't Afford Donation Ban (Politico - 6/10/08) Obama Vetter Draws Unwanted Scrutiny (Politico - 6/10/08) Special-Interest Access Abounds In Campaign (Associated Press - 6/10/08) The Reformers As Fundraisers (Washington Post - 6/10/08) Attacking On Loans (NY Times The Caucus - 6/9/08) McCain Going On Offensive Against Jim Johnson (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/9/08) Obama Camp Defends Johnson (Politico Ben Smith - 6/9/08) Mailbag: On Jim Johnson's Loan And The McCain Campaign's Charts (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 6/9/08) Obama VP Vetter Tied To Controversial Mortgage Company (USA Today On Politics - 6/9/08) Obama Campaign Manager Plouffe To Hold Private Outreach Meeting With Top Hillary Fundraisers (TPM Election Central (Hat tip to The Page) - 6/9/08) McCain Lashes Out at Obama Veep Vetter (The Page - 6/9/08) Stop Raising Cash (Washington Post - 6/9/08) Obama Camp Talking Points on Jim Johnson and Countrywide (The Page (Hat tip to Marc Ambinder) - 6/9/08) Top Talent Scout for Obama Tied to Subprime Lender (NY Sun - 6/9/08) Candidates Forgo Soft Money, but Conventions Rake It In (NY Times - 6/7/08) In Money Race, Obama Has the Advantage (Washington Post - 6/7/08) Two Democrats Seek to Merge Their Campaign Money Machines ($WSJ - 6/7/08) Countrywide Friends Got Good Loans ($WSJ - 6/7/08 0:00) DNC Will No Longer Take Lobbyist, PAC Money (Associated Press - 6/6/08) Our Position: McCain And Obama Should Embark On High-level Campaigns (Orlando Sentinel - 6/5/08) Clinton Donor Base Is Obama's Next Prize (NY Times - 6/4/08) McCain To Address Top Donors Tomorrow (Politico Jonathan Martin - 6/3/08) Obama To Host DNC Fundraiser Tomorrow Night (TPM Election Central - 6/3/08) Lobbyists Are Boon As Well As Bane For McCain, Obama (Boston Globe - 6/1/08) Democratic Activists Continue to Stress McCain Aides Lobbying Ties (U.S News & World Report - 5/30/08) Obama Staffer's Lobbying Work Runs Counter to Candidate's Guidelines, Ethics Watchdogs Say (Washington Post - 5/28/08) The Moral High Ground On Federal Financing (The Atlantic Marc Ambinder - 5/28/08) Lobbying for Obama (National Review - 5/28/08) Lobbyist In Obama Controversy Not Trusted (Toronto Star - 5/28/08) Candidates' Earmarkers (The Hill - 5/27/08) Take The Public Money And Run (for President) (USA Today - 5/27/08) The Frenzy for Campaign Money (NY Times - 5/27/08) Will Lobbyist Flap Dampen Donors? (The Hotline - 5/27/08) Fundraising Reform Needed (Baltimore Sun - 5/27/08) Media Makes Shocking Discovery: McCain Surrounded By Lobbyists (Harper's - 5/26/08) Lobbyists On John McCain's Team Facing Some New Rules (Arizona Republic - 5/26/08) Would-be Reformers McCain And Obama Challenged By Lobbyist Culture (LA Times - 5/26/08) Obama's Lobbyist Connection (Newsweek - 6/2/08) McCain Purge Of Lobbyists Strategic (Washington Times - 5/26/08) In McCain Campaign, a Lobbying Labyrinth (NY Times - 5/25/08) Former Lobbyists Are People Too (Politico Ben Smith - 5/21/08) McCain Adviser's Work As Lobbyist Criticized (Washington Post - 5/22/08) McCain Adviser's Work As Lobbyist Comes To Light (USA Today - 5/21/08) McCain Finds a Thorny Path in Ethics Effort (NY Times - 5/20/08) For Campaign Contributions by the Wheelbarrow, the Back Door Is Open (Washington Post - 5/20/08) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (NY Times The Caucus - 5/19/08) Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Is Using His Vast Fortune To Help Finance Conservative, Pro-Israel, And Pro-business Causes ($National Journal - 5/10/08) McCain Chief Reassures Donors, Touts Favorable Numbers (Politico Jonathan Martin - 5/19/08) Top McCain Adviser Defends His Lobbyist Past (WSJ Washington Wire - 5/19/08) Another Top McCain Official Resigns (Politico - 5/19/08) McCain And The Lobbyists, Part II -- Obama (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 5/19/08) McCain And The Lobbyists, Part 1 (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 5/19/08) McCain to Rely on Party Money Against Obama (NY Times - 5/19/08) McCain Campaign Conflict Policy (USA Today On Politics -5/19/08) McCain's Finance Co-Chair Resigns in Ongoing Lobbyist Purge (Washington Post The Trail - 5/18/08) Obama, Clinton Fundraisers Looking to Fall Together (ABC News - 5/18/08) Cash-strapped GOP Devoting Funds For McCain (Boston Globe - 5/18/08) Charlie Black On His Lobbying Career (The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder - 5/17/08) Campaign Tightens Rules on Lobbying (WSJ - 5/17/08) McCain Asks Staff To Disclose Lobbying Connections (Associated Press - 5/16/08) McCain Vs. Lobbyists (Newsweek - 5/26/08) San Francisco's Buell launches pro-Clinton PAC (Politicker - 5/14/08) Obama, McCain Aim to Curb '527s' (Washington Post - 5/14/08) The Weird McCain-Dictator Connection (Mother Jones MoJo Blog - 5/13/08) 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)