Hall of Fame
Andrea Jaeger ($500)
Will Smith ($4,600)
Burt Bacharach ($64,450)
Carrie Fisher ($13,500)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Jim Cramer ($260,000)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
Rose McGowan ($800)
James Iha ($500)
Philip Glass ($12,063)
Tony Robbins ($32,290)
Eric Roberts ($375)
Tom Watson ($8,001)
Dean Smith ($26,349)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($13,900)
Stevie Wonder ($2,000)
David Soul ($500)
Lily Tomlin ($18,142)
George Strait ($240)
Jeanie Buss ($5,000)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Tracey Edmonds ($7,475)
Mandy Patinkin ($2,011)
John Chaney ($450)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Amy Madigan ($46,400)
Robert Kraft ($283,350)
Gary Sinise ($2,100)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Joshua Malina ($3,000)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($3,409)
Don LaFontaine ($6,750)
Dennis Green ($7,550)
Art Modell ($182,300)
Peter Graves ($500)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
David Pecker ($82,770)
Timothy Hutton ($500)
Janine Turner ($7,000)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Ed Harris ($8,100)
Jeff Gordon ($4,300)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Marilu Henner ($2,000)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
click for complete list...
Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Merv Griffin
, 1925-2007 (bio ) entertainer, producer, hotel mogul
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,134
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
$29,000 Republican $6,000 special interest total: $35,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Griffin, Merv Mr. New York, NY 10017 The Griffin Group/President REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $25,000 primary 03/02/04
GRIFFIN, MERV NEW YORK, NY 10017 HOTEL OWNER NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS (R) - $1,000 primary 09/11/00
GRIFFIN, MERV NEW YORK, NY 10017 THE GRIFFIN GROUP NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS (R) - $1,000 primary 03/04/99
GRIFFIN, MERV NEW YORK, NY 10017 THE GRIFFIN SHOP NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS (R) - $1,000 primary 04/28/98
GRIFFIN, MERV NEW YORK, NY 10017 GRIFFIN GROUPBob Dole (R) President DOLE FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 05/24/95
GRIFFIN, MERV MR NEW YORK, NY 10022 MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES DOLE FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INC - $1,000 primary 09/30/87
GRIFFIN, MERV NEW YORK, NY 10016 MERV GRIFFIN SHOW COMMITTEE FOR AMERICA - $5,000 primary 06/06/86
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/03/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,933
2,461
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated July 1, 2008
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 6/30/08
15,140,899 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
see top 50