Posted on 04/19/2007 1:50:48 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has led the long list of 2008 Republican presidential contenders in early preference polls and his perceived position as the front-runner, at least for now, was not contradicted by his recent campaign finance report, which shows he has already built a sizable treasury.
Giulianis campaign reported total first-quarter receipts of $16.6 million, which included a $1.85 million transfer from the presidential exploratory committee he established last November.
With total receipts of $18 million for his campaign to date, Giuliani leads all but three of the current crop of White House hopefuls Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, and Republican Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor in overall campaign receipts.
Giuliani ended the quarter with $11.9 million left to spend. All but about $1.1 million of Giulianis funds were raised for the nominating campaign, with the rest for possible use in the general election should he win the nomination.
Giulianis report includes numerous donations that highlight his ties to New York, the nations most populous city, which Giuliani headed as mayor from 1993 through 2001.
As an example, Giuliani received contributions from about 30 employees of Lehman Brothers, the large financial services firm that is headquartered in New York.
Giuliani is a longtime fan of baseballs New York Yankees, who happened to win four World Series titles during his eight years as mayor. Several team executives, including principal owner George Steinbrenner, gave to Giulianis presidential campaign.
This profile of Giulianis report is the latest in a CQPolitics.com series that is analyzing the first-quarter campaign finance filings of all 19 Democratic and Republican candidates.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Receipts, Jan. 1 to March 31: $16.6 million
Receipts to date: $18 million
Expenditures, Jan. 1 to March 31: $5.7 million
Expenditures to date: $6.1 million
Cash-on-hand, March 31: $11.9 million
Debts, March 31: $89,000
Notable individual donors (who are allowed to contribute $2,300 to a candidate for a primary campaign and $2,300 for a general election campaign)
John F. Antioco, chairman and chief executive officer of Blockbuster: $2,300
Richard D. Beckman, president of Conde Nast Media Group: $2,300
Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees baseball team: $2,300
Miguel Estrada, a partner at the firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and an unsuccessful nominee for a federal judgeship in 2003: $2,300
Alan D. Feld, a senior executive partner at the firm Akin Gump: $2,300
John Grant, professional staff member for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: $250
Keith Hernandez, sports broadcaster and a former professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians: $1,000
Michael D. Hess, a founding partner and senior managing director of Giuliani Partners LLC and Giulianis former corporation counsel during his mayoral tenure: $4,600
John OHurley, actor: $4,600
Susan Molinari, chairman and chief executive officer of The Washington Group and a former House member from New York (1990-97): $1,900 (Molinari also gave Giulianis campaign $2,100 in late 2006, bringing her contributions to $4,000)
Theodore B. Olson, partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and a former U.S. solicitor general: $2,500 (Olson also gave Giulianis campaign $2,100 in late 2006, bringing his contributions to the maximum of $4,600)
Adam Sandler, actor: $2,100
Charles R. Schwab, chairman and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab Co.: $2,300
Ben Stein, an author and actor who served as an aide to presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford: $750
George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees: $4,600
Chad Sweet, chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: $4,600
James S. Turley, chairman and chief executive officer of Ernst & Young: $2,100
Candidate committees and political action committees (PACs)
One of Giulianis strongest supporters in Congress is California Republican Rep. David Dreier, who donated $2,300 through his House campaign committee and another $5,000 through another political committee, American Success PAC.
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent, who represents the 15th District in and around Allentown and Bethlehem, donated $2,300 through his political committee, Dedicated to Establishing National Teamwork PAC, which forms an acronym of the congressmans last name.
Among his political supporters at a more grassroots level is West Virginia state Sen. Vic Sprouse, whose campaign committee gave Giulianis campaign a $1,000 contribution.
Notable expenses
Giulianis campaign reported spending $897,000 on payroll to 82 individuals. Other expenses included $225,000 on postage including a payment of $167,000 to the Austin, Texas-based firm Olsen & Shuvalov. Giulianis campaign also spent more than $116,000 on catering.
“When all of us are gone, I hope there will be enough of you to sustain this forum.”
Rudybots represent a small fraction of FR.
I do not consider myself to be a "Republican" but of course I'd never consider voting for any Democrat again for any office whatsoever.
Just for clarification....It is the Democrat Party that is the pro-war party. The media has simply been revising History again for the scumbags.
Strange - you claim to be those things, but will be upset if someone who espouses those views is elected.
That does not make sense.
Did I say that??? NO!!!! I was thinking of the Rino McCain.
What, in your view, makes McCain a RINO?
McCain voted against tax cuts and has marched in lock step with Kennedy and the Dems (as well as Bush) on amnesty for illegal aliens. I would never support him for the Primary!
Rudy has said he is against amnesty and has outlined his ideas, which include tamper proof ID cards for prospective workers. He is a tax cutter and fiscally conservative in all areas.
Which party do you vote with?
Yes sir! Jim is FINALLY laying down the law for the liberal FReepers among us. If you want to promote and defend liberal candidates, HIT THE ROAD!
Good job, Jim.
Hey Katie-o, you never answered my post to you. I wondered how you could be stunned at the conservative reaction to Rudy here on FR.
You say you are pro life. Are you pro life, but okay with abortion as long as Rudy is okay with abortion?
Which is it? Pro Life or Pro Death?
He is a tax cutter and fiscally conservative in all areas.
Video: Giuliani Endorses Cuomo over Pataki
Video: Giuliani states Flat Tax would be a disaster
Video: Giuliani: Spend Tax dollars for abortions
Giuliani does not come across as a fiscal conservative "in all areas" to me.
No, I'm pretty darn sure I meant lib trolls, thanks anyway.
"When all of us are gone, I hope there will be enough of you to sustain this forum."
I assure you that there will be. Does that mean that you are leaving? Soon?
That is delusional thinking.
Fact. Rudy has said on many occasions that illegals should be "regularized". That is a code for amnesty. Rudy may have reversed the Dinkins income tax increases, which gave New Yawkers a paltry $200 million tax cut, but he did nothing to change the tax&spend/borrow&spend mindset of NYCITY`s liberal socialist government.
So you can spin, obfuscate and shill for Giuliani, give him all the political cover you can muster. You can deny his life long support for liberal issues and liberal causes. The fact remains Rudy is no conservative, never has been and never will be. His final fiscal record as mayor might impress moderates, centrists and liberals, but for conservatives it was abysmal. The Manhattan Institute gave a critique of that final record as mayor, and it was a devastating testament to his liberalism. It clearly spells out in no uncertain terms Rudy`s final fiscal record of big deficits ($2.0 billion), huge debts ($42 billion), spendthrift policies and out of control hiring practices that made liberal organs like the NEA and AFT overjoyed.
"The scope of government was not reduced at all. ..... money saved on social services has only helped to subsidize big increases in other categories. Today the array of social services sponsored and partially funded by the cityfrom day care to virtually guaranteed housingis as wide as ever."
"In the final analysis, Mayor Giuliani sought to make the city deliver services more efficientlynot to make the city deliver fewer services. ..... the city instead failed to reduce spending."
"Even with the tax cuts of the last several years, New York remains by far the most heavily taxed big city in the country."
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Agreed. Giuliani wants to be president. To achieve that goal, he is willing to do what it takes.
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Ciao, baby.
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Amen.
Funny, I thought I never could vote for McCain, but Rudy has pulled off the impossible - he makes McCain look palatable by comparison.
I don't know anyone who's supporting Rudy who wouldn't vote for Thompson (for example) should he win the primary. Most (but certainly not all) would even happily vote for Hunter or Tancredo.
I'm solidly in Rudy's corner, and I'm looking forward to the day when he wins the primary that I can gloat over those who've been so viscious so early in this primary season. However, if by some stretch of the imagination it turns out to be Thompson or Gingrich, then it's all good. I will happily support either man in the general election, just not in the primary where my money is on another horse.
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