February 16, 2006
McCain Nabs Another Bush Fundraiser....
This morning, the New Hampshire Union Leader's John DiStaso reports that Sen. John McCain's PAC has enlisted the services of Susan Duprey, who co-chaired Pres. Bush's '00 NH finance effort.
A key to building presidential campaigns, as McCain's advisers know, is relationships. They generate money and even more connections and can help nip problems and opponents in the bud.
Duprey is a big nab for McCain.
We've written about McCain's concentrated efforts to recruit Bush Pioneers and Rangers to his team. And more recently, the Washington Post has added some names to the roster.
A comprehensive list is hard to come by, because many in the Bush world are reluctant to go public with their McCain affiliations too early and others do not want to signal that they're "left" the Bush world for McCain's campaign to replace him.
In talking to several of these fundraisers, what's remarkable is how open Bush seems to his finance team helping McCain. Tom Loeffler, for example, told us that he broached the issue with Pres. Bush directly. And while he was reluctant to provide details about the conversation, we got the impression that the President said nothing to give Loeffler pause.
To compile a more comprehensive list, we looked at a subset of donors to McCain's PAC: those who have contributed at least $4K. (The max. is $5K). We compared that list to a roster of Bush Rangers and Pioneers. There are at least a dozen names in common, including some of the party's most important mega-bundlers -- those who can write checks and who can influence others to write checks.
Donating money to McCain's PAC does not necessarily signal an intention to support him in '08; many Pioneers and Rangers will be eager to help the Leadership PACs support GOP candidates (and perhaps hedge their bets.) But a near-maximum contribution is usually a sign of serious interest.
McCain has Texans who were shut out. Many NY/NJ and CT donors ponied up after a successful STA event in November. Others waited until the last minute to send in their checks -- usually a sign that they're aware of how those checks would be interpreted by the outside world.
Those who have given to McCain include: [MARC AMBINDER]
--Lew Eisenberg, the former finance chair of the RNC and a major Bush donor from NJ.
--Wayne Berman, DC Superlobbyist and friend of Karl
--Larry Bathgate, a NJ mogul who was one of Bush's earliest supporters in the NE and who has raised at least a half a million dollars for Bush's two campaigns.
--Harold Beznos, a Michiganian who owns a major construction company
--David Girard-diCarlo, a long-time party financier who raised money for Bush in PA in both '00 and '04. He's CEO of a major DC lobbying firm that shares office space with the Hotline at the Watergate.
--Robert Liggett, chairman of Liggett Communications in MI.
--Texan S. Reed Morian, an early Bush Pioneer in '00.
--Margaret Perencio, the wife of Pioneer Jerry Perenchio, the CEO of Univision.
--Peter F. Secchia, who Bush appointed as ambassador to Italy.
--Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg
--current Bush appointee Solomon Trujillo of CO, a former airline CEO who jumped aboard Bush's '00 team early.
--Amb. Ronald Wieser, considered one of the top two or three donation bundlers in Michigan.
Posted at 10:26 AM
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Milli | 09.15.08 07:13 PM
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The people who just endorsed MCCain also gave our children a death sentence to MORE WAR because that is what MCCain is antoher Bush I CANNOT BELEIVE people ignorance to want to get another Murder in the white house bush condemed our children to death for oil . And I am disgusted for the fact that women who are home with 3 or more children feel Palin is good for the vice presidency just because she is a women BIG DEAL I am a women and will vote democrat the Republicans are causing all this economy disaster .
Milli | 09.15.08 07:14 PM
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The people who just endorsed MCCain also gave our children a death sentence to MORE WAR because that is what MCCain is antoher Bush I CANNOT BELEIVE people ignorance to want to get another Murder in the white house bush condemed our children to death for oil . And I am disgusted for the fact that women who are home with 3 or more children feel Palin is good for the vice presidency just because she is a women BIG DEAL I am a women and will vote democrat the Republicans are causing all this economy disaster .
Milli | 09.15.08 07:14 PM
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The people who just endorsed MCCain also gave our children a death sentence to MORE WAR because that is what MCCain is antoher Bush I CANNOT BELEIVE people ignorance bush condemed our children to death for oil . And I am disgusted for the fact that women who are home with 3 or more children feel Palin is good for the vice presidency just because she is a women BIG DEAL I am a women and will vote democrat the Republicans are causing all this economy disaster .
Milli | 09.15.08 07:15 PM
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The people who just endorsed MCCain also gave our children a death sentence to MORE WAR because that is what MCCain is antoher Bush I CANNOT BELEIVE people ignorance bush condemed our children to death for oil . And I am disgusted for the fact that women who are home with 3 or more children feel Palin is good for the vice presidency just because she is a women BIG DEAL I am a women and will vote democrat the Republicans are causing all this economy disaster .
Milli | 09.15.08 07:15 PM
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