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Jindal's official haul: $579,000
Louisiana. Gov Bobby Jindal’s campaign reported on Wednesday that it had raised just under $579,000 during the second quarter of this year. Jindal, a long-shot candidate currently polling outside the top ten candidates in the field, announced his candidacy June 24, meaning that his campaign only had seven days to raise funds before the June 30... → Read More
Bernie Sanders’ official haul: $15.2 million
Bernie Sanders’ campaign reported on Wednesday that it had raised more than $15 million during the second quarter of this year. Part of that total was a $1.5 million transfer from his Senate campaign committeeThe campaign said earlier this month that it received nearly 400,000 contributions from about 250,000 people, and that 99 percent of those... → Read More
Ben Carson’s official haul: $8.5 million
Ben Carson’s presidential campaign reported on Wednesday that it had raised about $8.5 million during the second quarter, bringing his grand total since he started exploring a run to just over $10.6 million. He did it largely with the backing of small-dollar contributors. The retired neurosurgeon — who launched an exploratory committee... → Read More
Rand Paul's official haul: $7 million
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign took in about $7 million in the second quarter. The libertarian-leaning Republican, who is also currently running for Senate reelection, transferred $1.6 million from his Senate campaign committee to his presidential committee, meaning that his White House bid raised $5.3 million in the quarter.... → Read More
Mike Huckabee’s official haul: $2 million
Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign reported on Wednesday that it had raised about $2 million during the second quarter. But the 2008 Iowa caucus winner had already spent more than $1.1 million of that total in the quarter, leaving him with less than $900,000 on hand as he tries to ensure his spot in the first presidential debate in Cleveland... → Read More
Martin O'Malley's comeback plot
Martin O’Malley, stuck in low single digits in national and early-state polls, has embarked on an aggressive strategy to out-wonk his rivals, sending out a flood of super-specific policy proposals on Wall Street and climate change and more. But fellow Democrats who themselves have slogged through long-shot campaigns aren’t sold. “It’s... → Read More
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sander's awkward lunch
When Hillary Clinton travels to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of her lawmaker charm offensive, she could be in for a slightly awkward encounter. Bernie Sanders — the Independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats — will be sitting there at the weekly lunchtime meeting, as he always does, while the front-runner talks to her former colleagues.... → Read More
Bernie and Hillary's holiday weekend
GORHAM, N.H. — Hillary Clinton trekked to this small town in the White Mountains Saturday to march in a low-key Fourth of July parade, where she was trailed by a vocal heckler and surrounded by so many cameras that her aides employed a rope to corral the press. After about 25 minutes of marching at a brisk pace and shaking hands with locals,... → Read More
Bernie Sanders raises $15 million since April
Bernie Sanders has raised about $15 million since he launched his presidential campaign on April 30, his campaign announced Thursday. The Vermont senator, whose insurgent campaign is challenging front-runner Hillary Clinton from the left, had an average donation of $33.51. The campaign received nearly 400,000 contributions from about 250,000 people,... → Read More
Ben Carson’s money haul: $10.5 million
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is on track to raise $10.5 million during his first quarter as a candidate, a senior adviser said Wednesday. Carson senior adviser Mike Murray added that the Republican’s money haul included 210,000 contributions with an average gift of $50. “We obviously set some goals internally. We’ve exceeded those... → Read More
Bernie’s big-crowd strategy
Bernie Sanders will speak in front of thousands of admiring progressives Wednesday evening. But since the event is in Wisconsin, none of them will actually be voting in the early states where Sanders hopes to put a scare into Hillary Clinton. Rather than single-mindedly chasing votes across New Hampshire and the 99 counties of Iowa, Sanders has instead... → Read More
Bernie Sanders calls rivals' cash dash 'a national disgrace'
Bernie Sanders on Tuesday is knocking his fellow presidential candidates’ last-minute cash dash before the FEC deadline, calling it “a national disgrace.” “It is a national disgrace that billionaires and other extremely wealthy people are able to heavily influence the political process by making huge contributions,” he... → Read More
Trump bump terrifies GOP
All jokes aside, the Republican Party is officially afraid of Donald Trump.He has virtually zero chance of winning the presidential nomination. But insiders worry that the loud-mouthed mogul is more than just a minor comedic nuisance on cable news; they fret that he’s a loose cannon whose rants about Mexicans and scorched-earth attacks on his... → Read More
Bernie Sanders’ awkward history with guns in America
Bernie Sanders is a liberal standard-bearer on nearly every single policy issue, from climate change to taxation to financial regulation. But there’s one notable exception – guns. With President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton calling for a gut check on gun violence in America after the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston,... → Read More
Democratic primary 2016: Clinton feels the Bern
Hillary Clinton and her staff have always said they wanted a competitive primary. Now maybe they have one. Clinton faces a growing threat from Bernie Sanders in the once-safe haven of New Hampshire, but her campaign has no intention of attacking or even name-checking the white-tufted democratic socialist — yet. The left’s counter-candidate... → Read More
AFL-CIO: 2016 endorsement doesn't hinge on fast track
AFL-CIO leaders said Tuesday that the group won’t require a candidate to oppose fast track to win the trade federation’s endorsement. But asked whether Hillary Clinton could win the group’s support without taking a firm stand, Political Director Mike Podhorzer balked: “That’s a hypothetical.” The AFL-CIO’s... → Read More
Progressives lash out at Clinton for refusing to come off the fence on trade
Liberals have a message for Hillary Clinton in the wake of Friday’s House vote on trade: Refusing to take a stand is worse than standing against us. Anti-trade Democrats, including influential activists in early primary states, say that Clinton’s vague comments on the campaign trail about fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership... → Read More
Bernie Sanders tweaks stump speech amid pressure
DES MOINES — After coming under attack this week for ignoring immigration issues, Bernie Sanders answered back Friday by inserting new passages on the issue into his stump speech. “We need a rational immigration process, not the Republican alternatives of self deportation or some other draconian non-solution,” the Vermont senator... → Read More
Carly Fiorina: It's time for the GOP to reclaim the term feminist
Running as the only female presidential contender in a party still dogged for its “war on women,” Carly Fiorina on Thursday laid out her vision of the new feminist. In the six weeks since she launched her White House run, Fiorina has focused much of her energy attacking Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, taking on a much more aggressive... → Read More
Bernie Sanders insists his momentum is no fluke
Bernie Sanders, enjoying a rise in early-state and national polls and attracting large crowds at his rallies, has a message for voters: believe the hype. The Vermont senator, an Independent who is running for the Democratic nomination for president, said on Thursday he has no illusions about the gap between himself and far-and-away front-runner Hillary... → Read More