Democratic Convention In Trouble
May 29th, 2008 at 07:46am Mark Noonan
And not just ’cause HillBama can’t agree who will be the nominee:
The Democratic Party is struggling to raise money for its convention in Denver on Aug. 25-28, with fund-raising by the host committee falling far short of the party’s goals and lagging behind the Republicans’ efforts for their convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
So far, the Denver host committee is about $15 million short of the $40.6 million it must raise by June 16. With only $25 million raised so far, the committee is scrambling to offer a new round of special deals for corporate underwriters, as well as to devise a backup plan should the fund-raising fall short and plans for the convention need to be scaled down.
My bet is that the HillBama campaigns are just sucking up all the Democratic money out there - which puts into question just how much they (and the auxiliary leftwing groups) will have for the fall campaign. I read somewhere recently that Hillary and Obama have raised (and mostly spent) half a billion dollars betweem themselves during this primary campaign. Naturally, Democrats will come up with sufficient funds to cover their convention, but a large question mark is starting to appear about Democratic finances.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats
10 Comments
1. coulterfan | May 29th, 2008 at 8:27 am
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2. coulterfan | May 29th, 2008 at 8:30 am
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3. Macker | May 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Speaking of McClellan, I’m sure the guy who wrote his check, George Soros, would only be too happy to write another one for Denver’s Donk convention!
4. neocon | May 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am
coulter,
Since you are obviously interested in reading about the inner workings of the WH, I recommend reading Ari Fleischers book.
I am sure you’ll run right out and get a copy. But I think McClellans book is more your speed. I know how much you like heresay and half truths.
5. neocon | May 29th, 2008 at 9:13 am
The Democrats should just appoint Obama their candidate for life and avoid any future conventions. Think of the money they could save.
And then young sycophants, like coulter, can have a poster in their bedroom, to uh……pleasure themselves with.
Sound good coulter? Just think, Obama…the leader of all 57 states!
6. Retired Spook | May 29th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Sound good coulter? Just think, Obama…the leader of all 57 states!
Actually, neocon, if you listen to what he said, it’s more likely that he thinks we have 58 states, or possibly even 60 if you count Alaska and Hawaii.
7. InDaVa | May 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I’m sure the Dems will raise the money by convention time.
“My bet is that the HillBama campaigns are just sucking up all the Democratic money out there”
I agree, they are definitely sucking up some convention funds.
“I am sure you’ll run right out and get a copy. But I think McClellans book is more your speed. I know how much you like heresay and half truths.”
How can you say that when the book isn’t released yet. Ari Fleischer’s book is all fact but McClellan’s book is all hearsay and half truths?
8. Danish Artist | May 29th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Dem convention in trouble?
Who are you gonna call?
Hopefully, not this guy and his cohorts who had help in starting up Dem propaganda radio network, Air Scamerica, ahem, Air America.
AIR $CAM-ERICA GUY ARRESTED IN GUAM
By TOM TOPOUSIS
May 29, 2008 — The mystery man behind the looting of a Bronx charity to finance the startup of liberal radio network Air America was arrested yesterday in Guam.
Evan Montvel-Cohen was picked up by border-patrol officers at Guam International Airport on an outstanding warrant from Hawaii. He had been indicted there last month for money laundering and the theft of more than $60,000 from a Honolulu landscaping firm, prosecutors said.
“We at DOI are not surprised to hear that Mr. Montvel-Cohen was arrested on theft and money-laundering charges,” said Rose Gill Hearn, commissioner of the city’s Department of Investigation, which probed the looting of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in Co-op City.
It was Montvel-Cohen who, as development director for Gloria Wise, convinced other club officials in 2003 and 2004 to give $875,000 of taxpayer money to the radio network where he was a top executive and co-founder.
He also received loans from the club of more than $45,000 that were never repaid.
Montvel-Cohen, 43, was never charged here, but two other directors at Gloria Wise pleaded guilty to misappropriating $1.2 million, some of which was used for personal expenses for club officials, including cars and home renovations.
The $875,000 was repaid by Air America only after DOI launched a wide-ranging probe into the transfer of city and state funds meant to help children and the elderly in the northeast Bronx.
But DOI was never able to speak with Montvel-Cohen, who invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, Hearn said.
“As DOI’s 2006 report into fraud at the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club showed, he was indeed someone of interest to us because of his pivotal role in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars of Gloria Wise funds to a start-up commercial radio station,” she said.
DOI has no immediate plans to pursue Montvel-Cohen.
Jim Fulton, a spokesman for the Honolulu city prosecutor, said Montvel-Cohen ripped off the landscaping company by using the firm’s credit cards to pay for $30,000 of hotel and travel expenses.
He’s also charged with stealing another $30,000 - money he claimed he used to pay the company’s state excise taxes, but pocketed instead.
Cohen, who returned to his native Guam after bolting from Hawaii, was returning from the Philippines when the outstanding warrant was discovered.
Fulton said Montvel-Cohen has returned to the broadcast business, working for Sorensen Media Group, owned by his pal Rex Sorensen, one of the original Air America founders.
Sorensen and Montvel-Cohen operate several TV and radio outlets in the Pacific Islands.
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But…But….But…libs are just so ethical and honest!?!
9. coulterfan | May 29th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
>>And then young sycophants, like coulter, can have a poster in their bedroom, to uh……pleasure themselves with.<<
Just because the neocons worshiped posters of GW with his flight suit and cod piece doesn’t mean that progressives have the same sort of idol/hero worship!
BTW, did you get your ‘President Bush Action’ figure before they went into the clearance bins, neocon? Is it still in the package (to retain its, uh, value?!?!?) or is it covered with your sticky substance?
Yeah, I thought so.
10. FmrMarine | May 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
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>>>BTW, did you get your ‘President climton’s Action’ figure before they went into the clearance bins, neocon? Is the Monica doll still in the package (to retain its, uh, value?!?!?) or is it covered with B!ow job Bills sticky substance?<<<
coulter -I believe they are still on the shelf EWWWW