Thursday, August 6, 2009
GIVE HIM SOME CASH.............
Schiff up with Senate site, raises $465k
The Hill | Aaron Blake
Connecticut investment advisor Peter Schiff (R) is up with a new website for his exploratory Senate campaign (www.schiffforsenate.com), and the site reports he has already raised $465,000 online for his bid.
Schiff is one of four Republicans running for the right to face Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) next year, and he looks to be successfully tapping many of the libertarian-leaning donors who helped long shot presidential candidate Ron Paul raise big money for his campaign. Schiff served as an adviser to Paul’s campaign.
Like Paul, Schiff has been the beneficiary of a series of one-day fundraising moneybombs, in which donors all wait until a single day to donate to a campaign in hopes of making a splash in the news. Another one is being held Friday that Schiff’s team hopes will raise more than $200,000.
The money raised online by Schiff puts him right up there, moneywise, with the two leading GOP Senate candidates. In the second quarter, former Rep. Rob Simmons raised $750,000, while former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley raised $530,000.
New fuel sanctions vs. Iran explored....
WASHINGTON - The United States and Israel are discussing the feasibility of curbing Iran’s imports of gasoline and other refined oil products if Tehran refuses to enter negotiations over its nuclear program, an Israeli official said yesterday. US officials refused to say whether they were considering such a curb, which would represent a critical escalation of existing sanctions against the Islamic state and would hit the average Iranian hard in the wallet. But the Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a possible gasoline import ban “has been discussed for a long time’’ between the allies, but that policymakers in Washington were concerned Tehran’s response could have implications for global oil markets...Link
White House Encroaching on First Amendment.
A Republican senator is calling for the White House to suspend a new project that asks members of the public to flag “fishy” claims about President Obama’s health care plans, arguing that it raises privacy concerns and will serve to chill free speech. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is sending a letter to the White House today asking the president to “cease this program immediately” -- or to explain how Americans’ privacy will be protected if e-mails are forwarded to the White House as requested...Link
Rand article cnn.com..........
(CNN) -- The phrase "like father, like son" is ringing true for Texas Rep. Ron Paul. His son, Rand Paul, announced this week he's set his sights on the Kentucky Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Jim Bunning. "I'm very worried about our country; I'm worried about the debt. I'm worried about what the debt will lead to," Paul said in an interview on CNN's "American Morning" when asked why he's jumping into the political arena. "Both sides of the aisle -- Republican and Democrat -- have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to."...Link
Pelosi's plan: wine, dine big donors..........
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moves in a rarefied world of high society and high-level politics — and nothing underscores that fact quite like her plans for the August recess. Pelosi will spend next weekend quietly tending to top party donors and political allies at a series of private events in Northern California. The two-day “issues conference” starts next Friday night with a dinner for roughly 170 guests on the back lawn of Pelosi’s multimillion-dollar home in the fashionable Pacific Heights neighborhood in San Francisco...Link
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