User:Squeejay07/sandbox

Senator Rudy Giuliani's Campaign Committee's Contribution
Though senator Rudy Giuliani's campaign for president has just begun he has already gatered numeous funds from fish big and little in the corporate pond. One of which would be the Cooperative of American Physicians- Mutual Protection Trust (CAP-MPT) Federal PAC. To date they have donated $6,300 to Giuliani; thats the most they have donated to a candidate this year. Another high contributer to the campaign is Nascar chairman Brian France, who has to date donated 9,200. The highest amount yet to be donated by individual (to date) would be Attorney William Sasso of Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. His donation of 10,000 was a mere drop in the campaign bucket as one looks on at the numerous donations he as received through out the year.

Good work, Squeejay. Look out for spelling mistakes, remember dollar signs, and make sure all of your sentences are complete. Your stylistic phrases ("fish big and little," and "a mere drop in the bucket") are slightly confusing, and in the second case seem a little misleading. Can you say what the "Cooperative American..." does? Is there a particular area of business that Guiliani gets his money from?Mcwabaunsee 20:56, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Biden Vs. Richardson on Iraq War
Governor Bill Richardson (New Mexico) ignited the wrath of Senator Biden when he switched sides on the Biden-Gelb proposal. Richardson who originaly was in favor of the billswitched against it. Biden was very vocal about how he felt ther governor was behaving "Governor Richardson’s remarks today on my Iraq plan were surprising. First, he was in favor of my plan, now he’s attacking it. First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year. First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn’t. First, he was in favor of diplomacy followed by withdrawal, now he says it’s the other way around. When it comes to the single most important issue facing our country – how to end the war in Iraq responsibly – it is important to be clear and consistent. It is especially important on this issue that there be no gap between what we say as candidates and what we would do as president." Governor Richardson has yet to respond to this statement (October 12, 2007).

Is there a way to cut down the long quote? Can you summarize? Watch out for simple errors--commas and spliced words.Mcwabaunsee 21:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Campaign Funds
Former Governor Huckabee has gathered small funds compaired to his opponents. At the moment he has received $2,345,796. His highest individual contribution has only been $4,600 for Eric Swarts. The others don't even break 3,000. His second highest contributor would be 149-way tie of 2,300. One could assume it was a charity event in which one plate cost that amount. One could also assume that Mr. Swarts' has bought 2 plates. There apparently have been no substantial contributions the Huckabee fund form an individual stand point.

Campaign Funds
Senator Obama has gathered much support and money from the public. To date his campaign fund has reached $80,256,425. His largest individual contribution to date is a 6 way tie; the amount $9,200. One of these donations includes actor/comedian Chris Rock. His second highest to date, which is a 4 way tie, is $6,900. His third to date would be from David Trout, V.P. of Advanced Concepts. Obama is making quite a bit of headway when it comes to financing compared to his opponets. This leaves the question, could he be our next president?

Ralph Reed and Enron
Ralph Reed is the former State Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, former executive director of the Christian Coalition, and more importanly, the man who gathered Enron funds for President Bush's 2000 campaign. Reed made the mistake of being bias in contested Republican primaries, picking candidates who helped him win the State Chairmanship over those who had opposed him. Reed supported the candidacy of Congressman Bob Barr, who had moved into the district next of Congressman John Linder and challenged his renomination. Linder defeated Barr by a large margin. While serving as executive director of the Christian Coalition the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigated the organization, citing that the organization's distribution of voter guides was illegal; the sum total of funds was $1.4 million.

Reed's main folley, however, was in choosing companies to collect money for the Bush addministration. As the southeastern chair, Reed raised more than $200,000 for Bush's re-election. Reed gathered his funds from the Enron Corp Politican Action Committee. The group donated 4,850 to president Bush, and though it may not seem like much money for a political campaign, Enron was 'cooking the books.' The money that may have ended up in the campaign could have not existed. Reed has made poor judgement calls through out his political career, which seems to be going down the same track as Enron.

Refrences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed%2C_Jr.

http://www.campaignmoney.org/reed/fundraising

http://www.campaignmoney.com/committee.asp?committeeid=C00104810&cycle=00

Overall, good work. All of these entries would benefit from an overview statement about what kinds of groups are contributing to these campaigns. Only naming individual names doesn't mean much, unless there's some way to categorize their interests (and hypertext the names, perhaps, since some might have pages already). Try to simplify your verb forms--make them active voice, present tense or past tense, where relevant.Mcwabaunsee 21:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)