The Mega Donors Game
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 22nd, 2011 4:39 am by HL
The Mega Donors Game
Morning Score has a letter from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to over 300 partners at the law and lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro — where Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra works — that seeks to switch their fundraising allegiance after the Michigan Democratic Party attacked Hoekstra for his association with Dickstein Shapiro, the firm that defended Bernie Madoff.
From the letter: “It is remarkable that a well respected law firm such as Dickstein Shapiro, which has contributed over $250,000 to Democratic committees over the course of the last two cycles – including $17,000 to Michigan Democrats – would have its reputation so readily targeted by the very beneficiaries of its political largesse… To the extent that I, or anyone at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, could be of assistance to Dickstein Shapiro in re-evaluating in which party to place its political capital.”
Military Gay Ban to End in 60 Days
Top Pentagon leaders will notify Congress as early as today that the Defense Department is ready to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The action means the ban will formally disappear in late September.
Perry Within Striking Distance
A new Fox News poll shows the national scene for the Republican presidential nomination much less certain than their last poll in early June, as Mitt Romney takes 17% (down 6 points), Rick Perry has 14% in his first appearance in the poll, and Michele Bachmann takes 10% (up 4 points).
The Obama matchup: “Romney does best against the president and is the only GOP candidate to keep Obama’s edge to single digits. Obama tops Romney by 6 percentage points. In addition, Romney is the only Republican in these early matchups to top Obama among independents — by 6 points… Finally, the poll shows women voters are neither more nor are they less likely to back Bachmann than any of the other Republicans over Obama.”
Meanwhile, a new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds Romney at 16%, Perry at 14%, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani at 13% and Bachmann at 12%.