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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION SEARCH (individual donations of $200 or more since 1978)

Today's Most Popular Searches
how they donate their political dollars

1	Tom Cruise
2	Jeremiah Wright
3	Adam Sandler
4	Tom Hanks
5	Alec Baldwin
6	Michael Jordan
7	Ryan Reynolds
8	Harvey Weinstein
9	Amy Holmes
10	Bradley Whitford
11	George Soros
12	MORRIS TALANSKY
13	Peyton Manning
14	Jennifer Aniston
15	Drew Carey
16	Kelsey Grammer
17	Anthony Pellicano
18	Ben Stein
19	Arnold Schwarzenegger
20	Arianna Huffington
21	Oprah Winfrey
22	Bill Belichick
23	Prince
24	Nicolas Cage
25	Julia Louis-Dreyfus
26	Jim Caviezel
27	Jessica Alba
28	Donald Trump
29	Kristi Cumming
30	Troy Aikman
31	Muhammad Ali
32	John W Henry
33	Tom Clancy
34	Susan Sarandon
35	Steve Bing
36	Rob Reiner
37	Robin Williams
38	Michael J Fox
39	Kevin James
40	J J Abrams
41	Garth Brooks
42	Denise Rich
43	Chevy Chase
44	Ben Affleck
45	DAN DYKEMA
46	Sammy Hagar
47	Irving Azoff
48	Tony La Russa
49	Jeff Gordon
50	Bud Selig

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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 5/5/08
14,926,718 records (election cycles 1980-2008)

Today's Most Popular Searches
1	Tom Cruise
2	Jeremiah Wright
3	Adam Sandler
4	Tom Hanks
5	Alec Baldwin
6	Michael Jordan
7	Ryan Reynolds
8	Harvey Weinstein
9	Amy Holmes
10	Bradley Whitford

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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 05/10/08

REPUBLICANS (1,191 needed to win)
McCain	1,331	71%
Huckabee	267	14%
Romney	255	14%
Paul	21	1%

DEMOCRATS (2,025 needed to win)
Obama	1,860	52%
Clinton	1,696	47%
Edwards	19	1%
tally includes superdelegates source: CNN.com

US WAR SHEET

	Iraq	Afghanistan
Days	1,879	2,407
GIs Killed in Action	3,319	294	DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths	752	133	DoD
GIs Severely Wounded	13,379	1,184	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 7, 2008

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