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McCain Takes $12M In February
That according to CNN. So that means Hillary raised nearly 3 times that total, and Obama is set to raise at least 4 times and maybe even 5 times McCain’s total. It’s gonna be a tough year fo...

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Obama Raised Over $50M In February
I speculated about this earlier, but now Marc Ambinder shares some gossip… But though Barack Obama’s campaign is keeping mum, you can bet that somewhere in Chicago, David Plouffe ...

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Obama To Raise “Considerably More” Than Jan.’s $36M Haul
From Politico: Obama spokesman Bill Burton, anticipating the Clinton campaign’s announcement that she has raised roughly $35 million this month, tells me that the Illinois senator has raised “...

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Clinton Raises $35M In Feburary
Yet another sign that the Democrats will handily out-raise their opponents. Because while this haul is impressive, it’s a safe bet that...

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Conservative Authors’ Lawsuit Exposes Their Secret To “Success”
For years, publishing houses that put out “conservative non-fiction” have used a very tried and true method for pumping up the po...

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Ron Paul Money Bomb Media Roundup
Boom. Andrew Sullivan exalts “Ron Paul’s Triumph.” Ross Douthat talks about the ...

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About That Whole “Liberal” Discount….
Since I’m in advertising, I thought the whole liberal discount for MoveOn.org’s stupid ad thing was BS from the very start. And now AdAge confirms how ...

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Dollar Hits 15 Year Low
Yes, the lowest since, well, a Bush was President. From FT: The dollar fell to a fresh 15-year low against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as...

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Hillary Gives Back Hsu’s Bundled Cash
This is big because it basically intimates that the money those San Fran residents living in that shabby house gave Hill could very well be dirty. From...

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Aaron Russo Has Passed
Who is Aaron Russo? He produced the movie Trading Places and the television series Wise Guys. But more importantly, he directed the movie Amer...

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1 Trillion Reasons Not To Fight Pre-emptive Wars
That’s the latest estimate for the total cost of the Iraq war. From The Boston Globe: WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq could ultimately cost well over a trillion dollars ̵...

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