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McCain Loves NY
BY Caitlin Ginley | May 07, 2008
Republican John McCain holds the biggest fundraiser of his career, projected to raise about $7 million for his campaign, The Washington Post reports. The New York event is a joint fundraising effort with the Republican National Committee and several state committees, allowing McCain to accept as much as $70,000 from each guest. In attendance: investment banker Lewis M. Eisenberg, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and “special guest” former rival Rudy Giuliani.
Help Giuliani Help McCain
BY Caitlin Ginley | April 13, 2008
In an e-mail to major fundraisers, Rick Davis, Republican John McCain’s campaign manager, asks for contributions to help retire former candidate Rudy Giuliani’s campaign debt of about $3.1 million, The Politico reports. The sooner Giuliani’s debt is paid off, Davis explains, the sooner he can spend his time raising money for McCain.
Rudy Reaches Out
BY Caitlin Ginley | February 05, 2008
Former Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani e-mailed those on his donor list, asking that they contribute to Republican John McCain, the New York Daily News reports. Giuliani endorsed McCain after dropping out of the race last week.
The $50 Million Delegate
BY | February 01, 2008
Republican Rudy Giuliani’s campaign spent $48.8 million in 2007 yet earned only one delegate, the Los Angeles Times reports. This moves him ahead of Republican John Connally as the candidate with the worst bang-for-the-buck ever. (Connally, after spending $11 million in his bid for the 1980 GOP presidential nomination, had secured the support of only a single delegate, Mrs. Ada Mills of Arkansas, who became known as the “$11 million delegate.”)
Goodbye Rudy Tuesday
BY Josh Israel | January 30, 2008
January 30, 2008
Republican Rudy Giuliani announces that he is withdrawing from the 2008 presidential race. Although his campaign raised more than $45 million through September 2007, Giuliani’s best showing was a third-place finish in the Florida primary.
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