[Mo1]

Kerry .. BRING IT ON!!

Cocky little thing

OH Great .. Chris Lehane is on MSNBC Now

[Peach]

Makes me glad I don't get MSNBC.

[Mo1]

Lehane is asking why Kerry won't release his Tax Returns

What's up with that?

[GulliverSwift]

Yay! Ish Crish Lehane here to tahk to ush about how great hish bosh Weshley Clahk ish.

[Lanza]

Eeeewww this is getting good. Who is he working for now?

[Lanza]

Chrissy isn't liking Lehane too much.

[Johnny_Cipher]

Hey! Check out the high bidder on this EBay auction for Wesley Clark's argyle sweater!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3655267737&category=39721

[kcvl]

Kerry is going to get the SPECIAL INTEREST out of politics...


JOHN KERRY (D)
Top Contributors

Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

Skadden, Arps et al
$97,650

Citigroup Inc
$70,200

Piper Rudnick
$68,250

Mintz, Levin et al
$63,300

Goldman Sachs
$62,500

Robins, Kaplan et al
$62,250

Hill, Holliday et al
$50,750

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
$50,250

Harvard University
$47,750

Morgan Stanley
$39,500

Clifford Law Offices
$36,000

Bain Capital
$35,500

International Profit Assoc
$34,250

Holland & Knight
$32,950

Akin, Gump et al
$32,550

Fleetboston Financial
$32,000

UBS Americas
$31,550

Hale & Dorr
$30,200

Sullivan & Cromwell
$30,050

Thornton, Early & Naumes
$29,000


JOHN KERRY (D)
Top Industries
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

1
Lawyers/Law Firms
$3,079,449

2
Securities & Investment
$1,031,275

3
Retired
$753,870

4
Real Estate
$702,535

5
Business Services
$437,900

6
TV/Movies/Music
$418,075

7
Misc Business
$348,906

8
Misc Finance
$340,275

9
Health Professionals
$333,076

10
Education
$325,915

11
Computers/Internet
$250,750

12
Lobbyists
$227,950

13
Commercial Banks
$212,375

14
General Contractors
$162,220

15
Printing & Publishing
$152,625

16
Civil Servants/Public Officials
$151,840

17
Insurance
$130,750

18
Accountants
$109,825

19
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing
$108,950

20
Retail Sales
$95,035


JOHN KERRY (D)
Contributions by Sector
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*


Agribusiness $54,770
Communic/Electronics $885,400
Construction $308,070
Defense $27,950
Energy/Nat Resource $71,150
Finance/Insur/RealEst $2,572,285
Health $534,251
Lawyers & Lobbyists $3,307,399
Transportation $88,925
Misc Business $1,293,286
Labor $8,500
Ideology/Single-Issue $90,577
Other $1,418,443

[kcvl]

JOHN KERRY (D)
Top Contributors
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*
Mintz, Levin et al
$223,996

AOL Time Warner
$140,210

Skadden, Arps et al
$122,400

Harvard University
$114,400

Hill, Holliday et al
$111,300

Citigroup Inc
$109,806

Goldman Sachs
$108,000

Robins, Kaplan et al
$105,950

Hale & Dorr
$104,850

FleetBoston Financial
$83,250

Piper Rudnick
$80,250

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
$77,800

MacAndrews & Forbes
$77,000

Foley, Hoag & Eliot
$73,350

Verizon Communications
$69,918

Raytheon Co
$65,900

Morgan Stanley
$63,700

Goulston & Storrs
$62,200

Akin, Gump et al
$61,700

Fidelity Investments
$60,975


JOHN KERRY (D)
Top Industries
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

1
Lawyers/Law Firms
$5,952,673

2
Securities & Investment
$2,258,620

3
Real Estate
$1,815,857

4
Retired
$1,356,868

5
TV/Movies/Music
$1,284,309

6
Business Services
$1,066,866

7
Education
$728,371

8
Misc Finance
$694,350

9
Health Professionals
$642,173

10
Lobbyists
$638,358

11
Computers/Internet
$629,817

12
Insurance
$557,499

13
Commercial Banks
$554,130

14
Misc Business
$509,970

15
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing
$412,651

16
Printing & Publishing
$398,233

17
Accountants
$359,974

18
General Contractors
$356,089

19
Civil Servants/Public Officials
$311,299

20
Hospitals/Nursing Homes
$279,680

[Sofa King]

LOL, Letterman is ripping Kerry right now.

[kcvl]

Contributions From Kerry's Top Fund-Raisers, 1999-2003*^



Alan Solomont
Solomont Bailis Ventures
MA
$694,827


Orin Kramer
Kramer Spellman
NY
$531,835


Ben Barnes
Entrecorp
TX
$466,250


Richard Ziman
Arden Realty
CA
$338,500

Mark Weiner
Financial Innovations
RI
$225,726


Bob Clifford
Clifford Law Offices
IL
$210,500


Mark Gorenberg
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
CA
$188,750


Hassan Nemazee
Nemazee Capital
NY
$187,000


James Johnson
Perseus
DC
$150,409


John Merrigan
Piper Rudnick
DC
$121,417


Jack Connors
Hill, Holiday
MA
$94,850


Louis B. Susman
Citigroup
IL
$91,250


Robert Crowe
Perkins, Smith & Cohen
MA
$89,539


Mike Ciresi
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
MN
$87,000


Alan Leventhal
Beacon Capital Partners
MA
$82,650


Jonathan Lavine
Bain Capital
MA
$72,500


Milton Ferrell
Ferrell Schultz
FL
$70,620


Tom Steyer
Farallon Capital Management
CA
$64,000


Bruce Percelay
Mount Vernon Co.
MA
$46,400


Ruth and Sonny Singer
Sonco
CA
$38,384


Mike Thorsnes
Thorsnes, Bartolotta & McGuire
CA
$35,639


Kirk Wagar
Wagar, Murray & Feit
FL
$32,750


David Roux
Silver Lake Partners
CA
$29,949


Bob Farmer
John Kerry for President
FL
$28,500


Stanley Toy
California Western Emergency Medical Group
CA
$19,000


Mac Bernstein
Piper Rudnick
DC
$13,000


Rodney Margol
Margol & Pennington
FL
$10,000


Cameron Kerry
Mintz, Levin, Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
MA
$9,400


James Brenner
Investor
MA
$9,250


Clay Constantinou
Seton Hall University
NJ
$7,500


Manny Ortiz
Quinn Gillespie & Associates
DC/PR
$5,000


Lynn Schenk
State of California
CA
$5,000


TOTAL

$3,948,895



*Includes contributions from the 32 individuals and couples listed on the Kerry campaign Web site as of Jan. 14, 2004, as having raised $100,000 or more apiece. Also includes contributions from these individuals' immediate families.

^Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on Dec. 8, 2003. Totals include PAC, soft money and individual contributions to federal candidates, party committees and leadership PACs, 1999-2003.

[kcvl]

JOHN KERRY (D)

Contributions by Geography
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

Massachusetts
$12,710,037
36%

California
$5,955,661
17%

New York
$4,246,278
12%

Florida
$1,453,190
4%

Other States
$10,805,311
31%




Top Metro Areas:
Boston, MA-NH
$10,616,518

New York
$3,682,670

Los Angeles-Long Beach
$2,412,939

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
$2,214,790

San Francisco
$1,521,092



Top Zip Codes:
10021 (New York, NY)
$651,089

02116 (Boston, MA)
$644,996

02138 (Cambridge, MA)
$513,186

02108 (Boston, MA)
$354,075

90210 (Beverly Hills, CA)
$318,375

10022 (New York, NY)
$317,574

02193 (WESTON , MA)
$304,098

02146 (BROOKLINE , MA)
$297,317

10028 (New York, NY)
$255,325

20007 (Washington, DC)
$254,425



* All Cycles displays total contributions to this candidate's federal campaigns since the 1989-1990 election cycle.