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Obama Hauls In Record $750 Million for Campaign, With Plenty Left to Spend
Obama Hauls In Record $750 Million for Campaign, With Plenty Left to Spend
President-elect Barack Obama’s record fund-raising total sets an imposing bar for any potential Republican challenger in 2012. >
Past, future races: Obama's $750 million
firstread.msnbc.msn.com — The AP : “Obama, who rewrote the book on presidential fundraising, amassed more than $745 million during... his marathon campaign, more than twice the amount obtained by his rival, Republican John McCain. In his latest finance report, Obama reported ... (more) Past, future races: Obama's $750 million
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Obama Takes in Record Campaign Donations
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The president-elect brought in a record $750 million for his campaign.       ...

McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists
The Caucus — ... traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 and her hair stylist received more than $42,000 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission. Ms. Palin’s makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?” — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission. This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had ...

Palin's Stylists Took In Thousands More in Final Weeks
The Caucus — Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission. Ms. Palin’s makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?” — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission. This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid ...

Obama Takes in Record Campaign Donations
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The president-elect brought in a record $750 million for his campaign.       ...

The Early Word: The Big Three Try Again
The Caucus — ... voted in favor of a trade deal with Peru and to normalize trading relations with China. To some analysts, he symbolizes the evolution of the Democratic Party on trade over the last 15 years — from the free-trade bent of the Clinton years toward a more protectionist stance. The Campaign The strength of the Obama campaign’s fund-raising operation came into focus on Thursday. The Times’s Michael Luo reports that papers filed with the Federal Elections Commission show that Mr. Obama took in nearly $750 million during the presidential race. To put that figure into ...

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