Hall of Fame
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
Francis Ford Coppola ($8,518)
Dan Dierdorf ($2,200)
Jean Smart ($3,250)
Jessica Lange ($8,800)
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Laurie David ($308,500)
will.i.am ($31,800)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Mark Mays ($270,628)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Judith Krantz ($271,064)
Chris Evert ($500)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Larry Csonka ($250)
Jodie Foster ($43,850)
Ted McGinley ($500)
Marc Andreessen ($430,800)
Mike Binder ($7,700)
Doris Roberts ($1,000)
Adrian Pasdar ($8,600)
Don Johnson ($6,000)
Leeza Gibbons ($750)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Patrick Duffy ($3,500)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
Jerry Springer ($201,340)
Kevin Spacey ($42,000)
Donna Mills ($32,425)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
John Andretti ($750)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Wayne Newton ($25,250)
Mavis Leno ($4,300)
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
Stephen King ($248,500)
Jane Bryant Quinn ($4,800)
Chris Weitz ($24,838)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
Candice Bergen ($87,200)
Renee Zellweger ($54,800)
Billy Bush ($450)
Tom Izzo ($450)
Richard Gere ($16,050)
Casey Kasem ($77,702)
Jim Kelly ($4,000)
Ina Garten ($5,800)
John Larroquette ($2,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
Michael Smerconish (bio ) radio talk show host; attorney
NEWS MEAT
1,059
Election Picks: 10 wins, 10 losses
$10,250 Republican $11,800 Democrat $800 special interest total: $22,850
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
posted 11/01/09 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 Arlen Specter (D) - $900 primary 09/11/09 posted 11/01/09 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 Arlen Specter (D) - $2,400 general 09/11/09 Smerconish, Michael A. 19085 Patrick J. Murphy (D)Won $500 general 10/15/08 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19005 - $800 primary 09/29/08 Smerconish, Michael A. 19085 Louis J. Barletta (R)Lost $1,000 primary 02/20/08 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (D)- $1,500 primary 11/29/07 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 general 09/07/04 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 general 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 04/09/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $1,000 primary 04/30/02 Smerconish, Michael 19085 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $1,000 primary 09/23/01 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) - $-1,000 general 06/30/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $250 primary 03/23/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 03/13/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 general 02/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) - $-1,000 primary 02/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 primary 02/01/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A & LAVINIA N 19010 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 12/31/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 GREENLEAF, STEWART J (R)Lost $250 primary 12/13/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A & LAVINIA N 19010 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 11/04/99 Smerconish, Michael A. Mr. 19010 George W Bush (R)Won $1,000 primary 10/29/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 ROVNER, BOB (D)Lost $250 primary 09/23/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 ROVNER, BOB (D)Lost $250 general 09/23/99 Smerconish, Michael Mr. 19010 Bill Bradley (D)Lost $1,000 primary 08/23/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $250 primary 03/20/98 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $250 primary 12/02/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 NEWMAN, JONATHAN H (R)Lost $1,000 primary 11/26/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $250 primary 03/18/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 06/20/96 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 BARRASSO, JOHN (R)Lost $250 primary 04/04/96 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 10103 SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $250 primary 09/21/95 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $250 primary 03/31/95 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19103 THORNBURGH, DICK (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/16/91 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19102 Arlen Specter (D)Won $1,000 primary 10/27/89 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL MR 19103 - $2,000 primary 08/11/88 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Michael Smerconish's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,425
2,953
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 5, 2009
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