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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsABC News PAC report - look who is on the front page ..... but ABC offers no hard number as to why
Soros (l) and Newt's buddy Adelson (r)
Money has always been one of the more significant parts of elections, although the 2012 cycle has kept campaign finance lawyers, experts and critics busy because of the introduction of so-called super PACs. These political groups can raise as much money as they want, and then spend unlimited amounts on ads to sway the election toward the candidates they support.
This is a guide to some of the most generous donors to super PACs.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/pac-pack-men-money-candidates/story?id=15479174
John Paulson and Edward Conard - $1 Million - Romney supporters
Bob "Swift Boat" Perry - $.5 Million to Perry $3.5 Million to American Crossroads (Rove)
Sheldon Adelson - $5 Million EACH from he and his wife to Winning Our Future (Newt)
Foster Friess - the "guardian angel funding " Santorum's Red, White, & Blue PAC which has spent $2 Million
Jeffrey Katzenberg - "so far given $2 million to the PAC, Priorities USA Action. " - Pro-Obama
The Koch brothers -$1.3 Million to "Americans for Prosperity". Koch Industries - $12 Million to Republicans since 1990. " are reportedly planning to direct more than $200 million into the 2012 cycle"
George Soros "has given millions of dollars to Democratic causes." --that all it says in terms of real dollars
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ABC News PAC report - look who is on the front page ..... but ABC offers no hard number as to why (Original Post)
underpants
Jan 2012
OP
While Soros has donated to Democrats, he's also donated to Republicans
Old and In the Way
Jan 2012
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Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)1. While Soros has donated to Democrats, he's also donated to Republicans
But he's the only one RW radio can come up with to demonize and project when the republican party would not survive without the largesse of the billionaires/millionaires that fund their operation.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)2. ABC.....Always Bring Cash.
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)3. Looking into two sets of cold dead eyes scares me
You should put a warning in the title.
ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)4. Wait 'til tomorrow 4 hard numbers
I've heard several commentators say that the deadline for filing isn't until midnight tonight (Tuesday Jan 31st). Even tomorrow, I'd imagine many returns still will not have been filed. But tomorrow's news reports certainly should be more complete than today's.