Joe Garofoli at the SFGate Politics Blog brings up an interesting point in his post about Chelsea Clinton. It’s a great post, but if you don’t have time to read it what he says is this: that Chelsea shouldn’t as guarded from the press as she is, because she is publicly campaigning for Hillary. We […]

Campaign watchers keep an eye on donations from those with corporate affiliations. Many feel that this provides insight into which businesses expect to benefit from a given election outcome.
In this same vein, it is interesting to note the contributions of people from certain professions. TheScientist.com recently reported that James Watson, the noted biologist, […]

Dr. Ron Paul, the so-called “fringe candidate” by many of the so-called “political pundits,” reported 3rd quarter political contributions in the amount of $5.1 million. Not bad. This would be about McCain territory, and 5X Huckabee territory.
“It’s really fascinating,” Paul said, seeming as surprised with the news as was much of the […]

Candidates are going all-out to raise money, because its almost time to start spending those bundles hoping $$$ translate to votes.
Obama vs. Clinton shows Clinton as the underdog. Her campaign blames a vacationing donor base and suggest previous donors have maxed out.
Sure, Obama had Oprah throwing a fund-raising wind-ding for him, but […]

By now you’re probably tired of our donation posts, but they do provide quite a bit of insight. What we’d like to focus on today, was already briefly touched on in our Finance Reform post in the form of Norman Hsu. Because this OpinionJournal post does a good job explaining everything, everyone should probably take […]

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are companies that might be able to help with the sub prime mortgage crisis with help from Chris Dodd, but first a little background. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both government sponsored enterprises (GSE). What does this mean and entitle them to? This article is rather old, but still […]

Wish we had thought of this idea ourselves, but that honor goes to Infoloop, one our forum members. The idea being that…oh never mind, here’s his quote.
Now this is in no way a suggestion of impropriety just self-interest. But if you consider which companies are making contributions to a candidate or candidates you can get […]