Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, leads all others with $36 million in contributions, followed by Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois Democrat,with $26 million. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads Republicans with $23 million, followed by former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani with $18 million and Arizona Sen. John McCain at $15 million. Former Sen. John Edwards, North Carolina Democrat, has $14 million in contributions.
Every other candidate is well below $10 million, however, amounts surely have isen significantly and will be reported on July 15, the next FEC campaign-finance filing deadline covering the period through June 30, when severalpresidential debates took place.
Toasting with Ted
"Senator Kennedy would like to say thank you in person," reads a memo sent yesterday afternoon to selected Senate staffers, advising that Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy "would like to invite you all - and your bosses - to asmall reception so he can personally thank you for all your hard work on thehigher education bills.
"So please stop by ... at 6 p.m. for a celebratory toast."
Paying at the pumps
Think you pay a lot for gasoline?
In parts of Alaska where the oil flows, residents are currently paying more than $8 a gallon. And that makes Rep. Don Young, Alaska Republican, an unhappy driver.
"Not only is Alaska home to North America's largest producing oil field, it is also home to more clean coal than the entire lower 48 states," says Mr. Young. "Unfortunately, there has been a decades-long campaign to deny America and Alaskans the benefits of this domestic energy."
He says that Alaska's pipeline, which once sent more than 2 million barrels per day of U.S. oil to American consumers, now sends less than 800,000 barrels per day. Similarly, America is now importing the 1.2 million barrels per day that Alaska used to ship to American consumers.
Touched by an angle
There is only one way it can go
When the Clintons are destined for woe
And they don't have the base
For a two-person race:
Michael Bloomberg must play Ross Perot.
- F.R. Duplantier