Hall of Fame
Diane Lane ($1,000)
Byron Allen ($13,400)
Martin Yan ($250)
Harrison Ford ($20,500)
Kate O'Beirne ($200)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
Kirk Hammett ($4,000)
Dino De Laurentiis ($5,500)
Bruce Boxleitner ($5,000)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Richard Petty ($20,450)
Sean McManus ($1,250)
Liev Schreiber ($500)
James Ellroy ($500)
Jane Smiley ($11,125)
Al Franken ($43,853)
Richard Kind ($2,500)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Greta Van Susteren ($3,100)
Dana Delany ($32,250)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Vivica A Fox ($1,000)
Jeff Bridges ($26,050)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
Christie Hefner ($178,382)
Ivan Reitman ($16,800)
Meg Ryan ($10,300)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Ron Howard ($94,650)
Adam Yauch ($1,000)
Sammy Hagar ($6,500)
Bradley Whitford ($132,150)
Isaiah Washington ($4,550)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Alexandra Paul ($5,175)
Gayle King ($3,300)
Chris Noth ($450)
Jeff Goldblum ($1,000)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Marlo Thomas ($324,800)
David Stern ($988,560)
Arthur Blank ($229,100)
Mike Binder ($14,600)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
Joe Watkins radio talk show host; lobbyist; minister
NEWS MEAT
524
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 Jim Talent (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/06 WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 general 08/03/04 WATKINS, JOSEPH P MR. 19151 George W Bush (R)Won $2,000 primary 11/10/03 WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 09/29/03 WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 - $1,000 primary 05/10/99 WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 - $2,500 primary 04/09/98 WATKINS, JOSEPH 19151 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 03/12/97 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Joe Watkins's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
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
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73%
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