Hall of Fame
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Usher ($250)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Madeleine Stowe ($2,800)
Sam Sheperd ($500)
Ned Beatty ($250)
Patricia Cornwell ($148,200)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Christie Brinkley ($97,860)
Edward Norton ($91,709)
Randy Newman ($13,500)
Richard Linklater ($2,000)
Jacques Pepin ($250)
Jim Cramer ($260,000)
Salma Hayek ($1,000)
Maria Shriver ($15,300)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Beverly LaHaye ($20,011)
Al Leiter ($4,000)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Seth Green ($2,300)
Dixie Carter ($4,000)
Tom Freston ($106,095)
Sofia Coppola ($2,750)
Philip Glass ($12,063)
Craig Newmark ($46,170)
Christopher Guest ($26,650)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Maura Tierney ($43,100)
Julie Taymor ($23,750)
Loretta Lynn ($4,300)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Kate Walsh ($3,050)
John Davidson ($550)
Ozzy Osbourne ($2,000)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Annette Bening ($7,200)
Stephen Sondheim ($16,372)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Jim Irsay ($78,600)
Tia Carrere ($2,250)
Andrea Jaeger ($500)
Jack Nicklaus ($5,050)
Dave Duerson ($2,500)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
Steve Forbes ($7,171,393)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
Michael Smerconish (bio ) radio talk show host; attorney
NEWS MEAT
741
Election Picks: 9 wins, 9 losses
$16,750 Republican $1,500 Democrat total: $18,250
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Smerconish, Michael A. 19085 Louis J. Barletta (R) - $1,000 primary 02/20/08 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (R) - $1,500 primary 11/29/07 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 general 09/07/04 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 general 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 04/09/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (R)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 general 09/23/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 ROVNER, BOB (D)Lost $250 primary 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 (R)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 (R)Won $250 primary 03/18/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 06/20/96 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 BARRASSO, JOHN A (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 (R)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 — records
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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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72%
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