Oh-eight (D): Mo’ money, mo’...?
Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 9:06 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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BIDEN:
The campaign announced yesterday that Biden picked the endorsement of the Delaware state AFL-CIO, making him the first Dem presidential candidate to receive an endorsement from a state AFL chapter. But while the Biden camp picked up an endorsement, the
Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder reports that it lost one of its tops fundraiser after a dispute over strategy. “Kory Mitchell, considered one of the party's best fundraisers and formerly the finance director of Evan Bayh's All America PAC, quit the campaign this week, according to three friends of his.”
Biden also co-writes an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, detailing his plan for Iraq, which includes a “diplomatic surge,” a “decentralized federal government” and splitting the nation up in the model of Bosnia.
CLINTON: Per the Los Angeles Times, “Congressional financial disclosure reports released Thursday show that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton have assets valued from $10 million to $50 million, with the former president bringing in speaking fees of more than $10 million in just the last year. The disclosure forms filed by the New York Democrat detail the couple's remarkable financial transformation since they left the White House in 2001 encumbered by millions of dollars in legal debts.”
The New York Times notes the report shows that the Clintons “liquidated [their] trust — valued at $5 million to $25 million — and are leaving the proceeds for now in cash in an effort to eliminate any chance of ethical problems or political embarrassment from their holdings as Mrs. Clinton runs for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination… By disposing of all their stocks, Mrs. Clinton was seeking to avoid potential conflicts of interest that might arise from legislation that she votes on in the Senate, as well as avoid holding financial stakes in companies and industries … that could draw criticism from some Democratic voters.”
Hillary Clinton told a Manchester, NH graduating high school class, “Dare to compete to be the best you can be. Life has no guarantees.” The Manchester Union-Leader recounts, “Clinton was introduced to loud cheers and whistles -- with a couple of faint boos.” And in BoSox country, "she received loud but friendly boos" when she was announced as a Yankees fan.
Clintons dissolve blind financial trust
EDWARDS: The AP says Edwards yesterday “proposed cutting health care costs by overhauling the patent process for breakthrough drugs and requiring health insurance companies to spend at least 85 percent of their premiums on patient care.”
