True enough about the Humphrey thing. But careful about calling him a trial lawyer -- from their site: "Clements, O’Neill, Pierce, Wilson & Fulkerson, L.L.P. handles “Commercial, Oil & Gas, Securities, Intellectual Property & Employment litigation." In the legal industry, "trial lawyer" means a John Edwards type -- the plaintiff's bar.
Where can I find the records of his state and local donations? O'Neill calling himself a dem is a big-time pet peeve of mine, but I may cool off when I see something documented.
O'Neill mentioned where to get them in a Washington Post internet chat that I'm sure you can find on FR. Look, everybody knows that O'Niell leans to the right when it comes to the military and foreign policy--so did the old school Dems like Scoop Jackson. That says more about the leftward drift of the current Democratic Party than it does John O'Niell's credibility.
O'Neill has said he gave over $20,000 to the democrat campaign for the mayoral race in Houston. It is public record. Since campaign contribution limits were $5000 personal I would assume the bulk was made under his law firm name.
$5000 was donated to Bill White, Houston mayoral race in 2003.
Documentation is found at:
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/citygovt/council/reports/white2-100to149.pdf
It's in PDF or I would swipe it to post here.
He gave $5000 on 3/17/2003. It's on page 32 of 50.