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.
Giuliani’s 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 Giuliani’s funds were raised for the nominating campaign, with the rest for possible use in the general election should he win the nomination.
Giuliani’s report includes numerous donations that highlight his ties to New York, the nation’s 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 baseball’s 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 Giuliani’s presidential campaign.
This profile of Giuliani’s 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 Giuliani’s former corporation counsel during his mayoral tenure: $4,600
• John O’Hurley, 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 Giuliani’s 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 Giuliani’s 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 Giuliani’s 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 congressman’s last name.
Among his political supporters at a more grassroots level is West Virginia state Sen. Vic Sprouse, whose campaign committee gave Giuliani’s campaign a $1,000 contribution.
Notable expenses
Giuliani’s 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. Giuliani’s campaign also spent more than $116,000 on catering.
I was at Da Cell last night when Buerhle threw his no-hitter. Incredible!
I attacked those whom you zotted in 2000.
Our tax dollars DO support embryonic stem cell research.
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Ah. So, me and anyone who refuses to vote for someone who is morally and politically compromised, on the basis of our principles? I'll stand with them, thank you.
JimRob, some of us think the Republican Party has not been conservative for quite some time. GHWB was certainly no conservative. GWB is not a conservative, although he is pro-life. When we had a majority in congress, they did very little that was conservative.
About the only think in the Republican Party that is conservative is the rhetoric. Giuliani refuses to engage in the rhetoric, and in spite of the fact that I disagree with him on abortion and guns, I must admire his courage in refusing to pander the conservative activists in the party. The activists are in the minority, as we will see when this all plays out.
Either you do not have a handle on the pulse of the American people, or Zogby, Rasmussen, Gallup and the like don't. Because they all say Giuliani is quite a popular guy with the public.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html
The one thing I think you will find about Rudy is that, like Reagan, the criticism will flow off him like water off a duck. He was innoculated from criticism the day his city was devastated by the terrorists, and whosoever attacks him loses credibility themselves, in the collective minds of the public at large. That is an advantage the Republican Party cannot afford to ignore, especially given the current state of affairs.
This is no longer a conservative country, I am afraid, JimRob, just as California is no longer a conservative state.
If you want to be relevant, you take the best coalition you can get. Giuliani is the only guy who can get us to a majority in 08, and more and more Republicans (yes, conservatives like Steve Forbes and T. Boone Pickens as well) are seeing that.
I guess you'll not be posting photos of the president's day and holding inaugural balls after Rudy wins. You'll become more of a niche and less mainstream, but that may well be a good thing for conservatives in the long run.
As for me, I think he is going to win, and I'd rather have some influence over the guy than be on the outside looking in.
Uh huh.
Really? He just said that he was very happy with the SCOTUS outcome.
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To my knowledge, you could not be more wrong. The MSM constantly claims that, but it is adult stem cell research that is funded.
Yes, it is; however, it’s something that doesn’t happen all that often and many Conservative presidents have nominated real clunkers.
That’s a damnable a lie. You are glossing over President Bush’s successes in banning partial birth abortion and other conservative pro-life, pro-family, pro-religion advances. Are you now supporting abortion and or downplaying a conservative pro-life president’s direct influence and successes in fighting for conservative pro family values in your sick ass liberal support of the abortionist pig Rudy Giuliani?
Okay.
People follow leaders. Leaders that condone or look the other way send just as strong a message as those who take a position and speak out against injustices. Rudie and his followers moral compass's are all over the place. "Oh well, it's a stupid ruling but what the heck, I'm really strong on spending."
Reagan didn't stop it.
GHWBush didn't stop it.
President G.W. didn't stop it entirely, but was prominent in getting partial birth abortions stopped; thankfully.
This is what I posted.
These are the facts.
Nowhere did I post that I was promoting abortion. And yes, I do see PBA as infanticide; have said so many times over on FR and in real life.
Please cancel my account.
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See above. These are the already existing stem cell lines. President Bush did not allow for any new lines to be used. It is not my understanding that pro-lifers were disillusioned or that there was any loss of faith in him for making this difficult decision.
“I also am absolutely certain that many of the naysayers on this board will eventually come to appreciate him as much as the Rudybots already do”
Not ONE person who has been againsy Rudy has changed their mind about him. Not ONE. You are delusional!
Giulliani fully supports the SCOTUS decision on PBA and said so.
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He knows which way the wind blows.
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