CNN pollster Vinod Gupta donates thousands more to Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton For President Exploratory Committee, Inc. via fec.gov ^ | July 16, 2007

[HAL9000]

In an interview with the New York Times last weekend, CNN pollster Vinod Gupta claimed that he is no longer involved with the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and that he had changed his voter registration from Democrat to Independent.  The article also stated that Hillary Clinton's campaign is distancing itself from Gupta.

But a campaign finance report released yesterday by Hillary Clinton's campaign shows that the cash continues to pour in from Gupta and his family -

Contributor's Name Contributor's Address	Employer	Date	Amount ($)
	Occupation	Memo	Aggregate ($)
	Memo/Description	Text	Limits
Alexander A Gupta 5711 S 86th Cir Omaha, Nebraska 681274146	Not employed	06/30/2007	2300.00
	Student		4600.00
Alexander A Gupta 5711 S 86th Cir Omaha, Nebraska 681274146	Not employed	06/30/2007	2300.00
	Student		4600.00
	Benjamin K Gupta PO Box 27395 Omaha, Nebraska 681270395	Everest Investment Management	05/07/2007	2300.00
Management Trainer			4600.00
Benjamin K Gupta PO Box 27395 Omaha, Nebraska 681270395	Everest Investment Management	05/07/2007	2300.00
	Management Trainer		4600.00
	Jess Gupta PO Box 27395 Omaha, Nebraska 681270395	Information Requested	05/07/2007	2300.00
Information Requested			4600.00
Jess Gupta PO Box 27395 Omaha, Nebraska 681270395	Information Requested	05/07/2007	2300.00
	Information Requested		4600.00
Laurel A Gupta 97 Greensboro Ln Las Vegas, Nevada 89107	Info Usa	06/14/2007	2300.00
	Executive		4600.00
Laurel A Gupta 97 Greensboro Ln Las Vegas, Nevada 89107	Info Usa	06/14/2007	2300.00
	Executive		4600.00
Vinod Gupta 9017 Greensboro Ln Las Vegas, Nevada 891340501	Info USA	04/12/2007	2300.00
	CEO		3600.00
Vinod Gupta 9017 Greensboro Ln Las Vegas, Nevada 891340501	Info USA	04/12/2007	1300.00
	CEO		3600.00

Vinod Gupta has a history of using his family as conduits for campaign contributions. In 1997, Slate Magazine published an article titled The Kiddie-Cash Caper -

The Gupta family of Omaha, Neb., is among the more generous sources of student cash. Vinod Gupta is the founder and CEO of American Business Information. Campaign gifts totaling $143,000 tied him at No. 135 on the Mother Jones list of top contributors. His sons, Jess (age 17), Benjamin (14), and Alexander (11), gave an additional $12,000. All this went to two campaigns--Clinton's and Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson's--in which the senior Gupta had reached his maximum.

Jess, a student at Philips Exeter Academy, freely admits he had nothing to do with the donations. "Dad makes those donations in my name," he says. Vinod Gupta insists his son was misquoted.

In fact, all the money came from trust funds set up in the names of the children, according to their father. This is a common practice among the kiddie-cash set. Yet the FEC has ruled in the past that donations from a source over which the donor does not have sole control are illegal.

The latest contributions add to some previous donations by CNN's pollster earlier this year -

1 .     Gupta, Vinod
2/20/2007    $1,000.00
Omaha, NE 68127
infoUSA Inc./Chairman/CEO    [Contribution]
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE INC.

2 .     Gupta, Vinod
5/18/2007    $14,250.00
Omaha, NE 68127
infoUSA/CEO    [Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE


3 .     Gupta, Vinod
2/27/2007    $10,000.00
Omaha, NE 68127
Info USA/Chairman    [Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

According to an article at msnbc.com - "Donations and other political activity are strictly forbidden at The Washington Post, ABC, CBS, CNN and NPR." But it is apparent that CNN has made an exception for Vinod Gupta as he conducts the CNN Poll for the 2008 presidential election.

[Chicos_Bail_Bonds]

Shocked....shocked I tell ya.

[Holicheese]

New CNN poll tonight, Hillary Clinton is 10 times more popular than Jesus, Mohammed and the Dali Lama combined!
George Bush is hated more than Hitler and Pol Pot.

[hophead]

Oh come on! The Clinton name and campaign finance shenanigans used in the same sentence? NEVER!!!

[finnman69]

Mr. Gupta said he had decided to change his voter registration from Democrat to independent, saying it was “more in line with my thinking.”-Vinod Gupta

"These are no longer spots, they are round dark circular objects"

[Recovering_Democrat]

Nice catch, Hal9k! SEND THIS INFO TO newsbusters!!!!

[traderrob6]

Related....

http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2007/07/cnns-pollster-has-dog-in-race.html

[Musketeer]

4 . Gumpta, Forest 2/27/2007 $100,000.00 Greenbow, AL 36109 Bubba Gumpta Shrimp / Chairman [Contribution] "Stupid is as Stupid does" CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

....uuuhhh, I weeell get ma money back ... right?

[spyone]

Hal...great post, thanks!

[popdonnelly]

What the heck, they’re all Democrats at CNN, anyway. They don’t need a biased pollster to put out the Democrat news.

[mimaw]

Is Dr. Gupta on the donors list?

[Loyal Buckeye]

Didn’t CNN opt out of the Gallup/USA/CNN poll about a year ago?

I think we now know why.

[Plains Drifter]

We talking the same Dr.thats on cnn health watch?

[Pining_4_TX]

I’m adding this to all the hillary lists today. Well, because I can.

www.hillarynutcracker.com

[MeshugeMikey]

Clinton Cash Crash Ping!

[MeshugeMikey]

pinging those hillary qualifications