Hall of Fame
Suze Orman ($39,500)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Brian 'Head' Welch ($2,000)
Billy Dee Williams ($1,000)
Julianne Moore ($2,000)
Lance Berkman ($1,000)
Jim Lampley ($2,525)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Marla Maples ($29,800)
Maury Povich ($4,300)
Bruce Hornsby ($10,070)
Michael Crichton ($9,750)
Al Unser, Jr ($3,300)
Viggo Mortensen ($6,750)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Pat Sajak ($20,700)
Jim Cramer ($260,000)
Jessica Lange ($5,500)
Whoopi Goldberg ($9,000)
Dick Cavett ($500)
Drayton McLane Jr ($349,394)
Garrison Keillor ($62,553)
Gary Bettman ($2,000)
Tobey Maguire ($6,900)
Farid Suleman ($16,800)
Steve Forbes ($7,171,393)
Garry Trudeau ($117,800)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
John Podhoretz ($450)
George Foreman ($1,000)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
Michael Jordan ($20,100)
Al Jarreau ($500)
James Earl Jones ($599)
C Vivian Stringer ($1,500)
Alex Spanos ($6,734,360)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Mike Bliss ($1,000)
Arianna Huffington ($5,389)
Anthony Edwards ($5,300)
Byron Allen ($13,400)
Holly Hunter ($5,000)
Natalie Maines ($4,672)
Ben Stein ($55,850)
Bess Armstrong ($750)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
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John Rich
, 34 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,553
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
RICH, JOHN D. MR. NASHVILLE , TN 37203 SELF-EMPLOYED/ENTERTAINER/SONGWRITEFred Thompson (R) President FRIENDS OF FRED THOMPSON INC - $2,300 primary 08/27/07
Rich, John Nashville, TN 37212 Big & Rich Country Group/PerformerRon Lewis (R) House (KY District: 02) RON LEWIS FOR CONGRESSWon $500 general 08/30/06
RICH, JOHN NASHVILLE, TN 37203 SELF-EMPLOYED/MUSICIANEd Bryant (R) Senate - TN ED BRYANT FOR US SENATE INCLost $10,000 primary 08/01/06
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 05/17/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,886
2,414
GIs Killed in Action
3,326
298
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
754
133
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,395
1,198
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
155,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 2008)
$488 Bln
$156 Bln
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$241 Mil
$61.2 Mil
casualty status updated May 16, 2008
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