GOP Rep. to hold hearings on 'radical' Muslims

42 to Rally for MD Dems
Clinton to stump for Mikulski Oct. 10, headline Fundraiser for O'Malley Oct. 21.

Sestak camp says $3.2M raised in 3rd quarter
Sestak started the General Election facing a significant financial disadvantage against Republican nominee Pat Toomey, who has proved a prolific Fundraiser. His haul this quarter was better than the $1.9 million he raised after the primary, and his Campaign said it’s raised more than $5 million since he knocked off Senator Arlen Specter in the May nominating contest. The Campaign did not disclose how much cash it has on hand, figures that will be reported in Campaign Finance reports later...

Tory minister admits attending fundraiser with construction-firm president
Last updated Wednesday, Oct. 06, 2010 7:25PM EDT Conservative Quebec lieutenant Christian Paradis acknowledged in the House that he attended a party Fundraiser last year that featured a number of people working on a $9-million contract on Parliament Hill. According to information obtained by The Globe and Mail and Radio-Canada, Paul Sauvé, the president of construction firm LM Sauvé, helped the Conservative association in the riding of Bourassa to organize the event in January, 200...

Clinton to Hold D.C. Fundraiser for Kratovil
Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Washington, D.C. this weekend to hold a Fundraiser for Rep. Frank Kratovil, who if facing a tough re-election battle in Maryland's Eastern Shore-based 1st district. The Clinton event will take place Sunday afternoon at Acadiana restaurant. Individual tickets are being sold for $500 and the suggested Political action Committee contribution is $1,000. Clinton is getting heavily involved in Maryland politics these days. Earlier this week Gov. Martin O'Ma...

Holtz to fundraise for Sandy Adams
| Digg it WASHINGTON — Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz plans to headline a Fundraiser for state Rep. Sandy Adams on Oct. 12 at Legends Sports Bar and Grill in Orlando. Its a minimum $500 donation for entry into the private reception (which includes a photo with Holtz and Adams) and $100 minimum for access to the general reception. Adams, a Republican, is running against U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas , D-New Smyrna Beach. Holtz previously had done a Fundraiser for Karen Diebel (...

Would you pay a nickel for a grocery bag?
Nine months ago, Washington, DC, started charging a nickel tax for each plastic bag, to minimize Pollution and raise funds for environmental cleanup. How has that worked out?

Obama heads to Cresskill for fund-raiser dinner tonight...
STAFF REPORT President Obama is traveling to North Jersey on Wednesday to appear at a private Fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. The dinner, at the Cresskill home of Michael and Jacqueline Kempner, will be limited to 50 invited guests who were being asked to fork over $30,400 a person for a seat at a table, according to the invitation. Kempner is chief executive officer of MWW Group, a Public Relations and lobbying firm based in East Rutherford. Obama last visited New Jersey in...

Bump in online giving, rise of Facebook help homegrown fundraising for breast cancer awareness
Ten-year-old Parker Salinas considers herself one lucky little girl and a lifelong believer in the power of pink. Mom Jules was diagnosed two years ago with Breast Cancer, enduring weeks of radiation, Chemotherapy and, finally, a double-mastectomy that saved her life. Parker — the oldest of three kids — begged to get involved in the search for a cure and got busy making and selling bracelets from soda can pull tabs. Her total: 600 bracelets and $600 to support the Breast Cancer...

Both Obamas fundraising for their party
The president is the main attraction at a Fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Cresskill, New Jersey. According to a Democratic party official, the event is a 50-person dinner at a private residence, with tickets up to $30,400 per plate. The Fundraiser is expected to raise around $1 million for the DNC, which has pledged to spend $50 million this campaign cycle to help Democratic Candidates in the Midterm Elections. The president's trip comes as First Lady Michelle Obama also...

Jimmy Buffett headlines Alex Sink fundraiser
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Wow, rich guilty white liberal, Alex Sink and a wealthy Trial Lawyer. Hard to imagine it gets any better than that! Posted by:

Judge refuses to free Macomb man in daughter's fire-pit death
But Judge William Hackel III brother of Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel ordered Majd Mohammad Al-Shara, 41, of Lenox Township to stay behind bars on Child Abuse charges today during a preliminary exam in 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore. His hands and arms wrapped in white bandages up to his elbows, Al-Shara said nothing about what happened when Aliaa Al-Shara, 6, was burned Sept. 19. Please let him go hes already suffering, Cheryl Edgil, 44, said today outside the courtroom.He...

Tea Party Candidates Lead in Fundraising Among Grassroots, Small Donors
In a year of record-setting Campaign Fundraising and spending, driven largely by contributions from corporations, Unions, Third-party groups and dozens of self-financed Millionaire Candidates , the small-scale individual Donor is also proving to be a formidable force. '); } A snapshot of Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance data compiled by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute , and reviewed by ABC News, shows that of the more than $731 million...

Toomey says he raised $3.8M
Toomey says he raised $3.8M Republican Senate Candidate Pat Toomey said Tuesday that he raised $3.8 million during the third quarter of the year, besting his Democratic opponent’s haul by more than half-a-million bucks. Toomey’s campaign disclosed its Fundraising haul about an hour after Democrat Joe Sestak’s campaign said it raised $3.2 million during the period. Toomey has been a potent Fundraiser, and his best quarter to date brought the campaign to more than $14 million...

Christie bats away 2012 talk at Branstad fundraiser, touts work in New Jersey
For a guy who says adamantly hes not looking at running for president, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did a poor job of heading off questions about it during his First trip to Iowa Monday. The outspoken Republican dismissed talk of the 2012 race while headlining a Fundraiser for Iowa GOP for Governor Terry Branstad in West Des Moines, even as he touted the partys new national optimism to a roomful of Activists in the leadoff nominating state. I dont know how else I can say it. No...

Bill Clinton to headline fundraisers for O'Malley, Mikulski and Md. Dems
Former President Bill Clinton will headline private Fundraisers for Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the state's Democratic Party and Gov. Martin O'Malley this month, according to Democratic sources. Clinton may also star in a get-out-the vote rally for O'Malley and Democrats at the start of early voting, the sources said. Clinton's first Fundraiser will take place this weekend at the home of Mark and Tory Joseph in Bethesda, the sources said. The beneficiary is a joint federal committee...

Muscular Dystrophy Association shaves 15 hours off its annual fundraising telethon
Los Angeles — The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day Telethon is getting shorter. The group says it plans to shave more than 15 hours off its annual Fundraising telecast. The 2011 MDA Labor Day Telethon will now be a six-hour, Prime-time program, organizers said Wednesday. Spokesman Jim Brown says the hope is that the shorter format will capture more viewers, bigger performers and generate more donations for the nonprofit group. Last month's Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raised $58.9...

Muscular Dystrophy Association shaves 15 hours off its annual fundraising telethon
Los Angeles — The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day Telethon is getting shorter. The group says it plans to shave more than 15 hours off its annual Fundraising telecast. The 2011 MDA Labor Day Telethon will now be a six-hour, Prime-time program, organizers said Wednesday. Spokesman Jim Brown says the hope is that the shorter format will capture more viewers, bigger performers and generate more donations for the nonprofit group. Last month's Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raised $58.9...

Firefighters host fund-raiser to aid those injured in blaze
FIRE, or Firefighters Injured Relief Effort, will host a fund-raiser 7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 15 at the Roostertail, 100 Marquette Drive in Detroit. Tickets are $50 each, and will include hors doeuvres and live entertainment. FIRE is an offshoot of the Axemen Professional Fire Fighters Motorcycle Club, a nonprofit group of professional Firefighter bikers. Proceeds from the event will provide money and other resources for Firefighters Gerald Rutkowski, Brendan Milewski, Eric Jurmo and Brian...

Drexel's new president outlines plan to revitalize neighborhood
Drexel University's new president, John A. Fry, on Tuesday outlined a five-point plan to improve the neighborhood, including an expanded safety-patrol zone and a loan forgiveness program for employees who buy homes in the area. In his first major address to the University community, Fry also pledged expertise and fund-raising support for the area's public Elementary School and an effort to improve the business district along Lancaster Avenue. Fry, a former University of Pennsylvania executive...

Steele, Palin Forge Alliance to Raise Funds, Secure Political Futures
rd . While the move is seen as unusual given recent history and the perception of mismatched political chemistry between the two, its also being seen as a carefully calculated move designed to meet multiple objectives for both Palin and Steele. And, some within the GOP are hoping that having a White woman and a Black man on the road at large scale events will help soften the partys image for 2010 and 2012 as it seeks to attract more female and minority voters. Many observers have...

Omaha Mayor Suttle Recall, Show Me the Money
By Joe Jordan As Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle prepares to fight back against a possible recall , Nebraska Watchdog has learned that at least one Omaha businessman is putting up several thousand dollars of his own money to oust the Mayor. Michael Simmonds , best knownas the onetime King of Omaha Burger Kings , confirms to Nebraska Watchdog that hes contributed $5,000 to the Mayor Suttle Recall Committee . At the same time Suttle has turned his election Website into an anti-recall site...

Very Complicated Logic
I don’t know how many times this has to be said before it is understood by the people that matter, but it is not hard to understand: When you bomb people and kill their family, friends, and neighbors, burn down their homes and burn down their businesses and kill their livestock, spewing unexploded ordnance and munitions in fields where they work and their Children play, it pisses them off. Many of them even get pissed off enough to fight back against the people they think are...

The Lesson of Todd Palin's Leaked E-Mail
Here's the thing about the leaked e-mail from Todd Palin to Joe Miller: if you go around sending aggressive e-mails to people, they're going to get out. Yesterday afternoon, the Alaska political blog The Mudflats published an e-mail from Todd Palin to GOP Senate Candidate Joe Miller, sent in late September, that expressed strong displeasure with Miller for failing to support Sarah Palin more strongly in a potential 2012 Presidential bid. Miller evidently forwarded it to some Campaign...

Nevada GOP Senate nominee trashes party on tape
In a secretly taped recording, Republican Senate Candidate Sharron Angle badmouths the GOP establishment and wheedles a minor-party Candidate to support her campaign, offering help opening doors in Washington if she's elected. The roughly made recording offers an unvarnished look into back-room politics, with Tea Party favorite Angle alternately nudging and cajoling Candidate Scott Ashjian, whose support could be crucial in her bid to oust Majority Leader Harry Reid. "I'm not sure you can win...

Biden: If I hear one more GOP budget gripe, 'I am going to strangle them'
Vice President Biden jokingly expressed his frustration toward Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of having insincere concerns about the Budget Deficit. Biden jokingly said that GOP Protests about the need for a Balanced Budget made him want to strangle them, which the Vice President quickly clarified was a figure of Speech. If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the Budget, I am going to strangle them, Biden said at a Fundraiser in Minnesota, according to a pool report....