Hall of Fame
Bill Maher ($5,850)
Rose McGowan ($800)
Big Kenny Alphin ($3,300)
Steve Young ($1,000)
Alan Arkin ($250)
John Cleese ($2,300)
Kathie Lee Gifford ($3,000)
Sara Evans ($5,861)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Ed Begley, Jr ($35,700)
Tracy Scoggins ($500)
Tom Werner ($318,700)
Steven Soderbergh ($44,600)
Shirley Temple Black ($4,900)
David Montgomery ($54,200)
Doyle Brunson ($34,400)
Justine Bateman ($1,300)
Toby Keith ($4,000)
Tom Ford ($24,550)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Samantha Mathis ($3,375)
James L Brooks ($329,280)
Milos Forman ($26,950)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
Uma Thurman ($28,000)
Kristen Johnston ($3,250)
Carol Kane ($250)
Ryan O'Neal ($500)
William Hurt ($5,000)
Susan Estrich ($500)
Randi Rhodes ($6,700)
Suzanne Somers ($1,000)
Lynn Redgrave ($4,600)
Ashley Judd ($8,750)
David Cross ($11,600)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds ($9,900)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Jules Asner ($2,000)
Alicia Keys ($500)
Robert Kraft ($350,350)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
Herb Alpert ($223,950)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Nancy Sinatra ($88,420)
Wayne Newton ($25,250)
Tom Hayden ($113,628)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
John Thompson III ($4,600)
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Hall of Fame ► Politics
Paul Begala political consultant, commentator
NEWS MEAT
1,894
Election Picks: 5 wins, 11 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BEGALA, PAUL 22102 KHAZEI, ALAN (D) - $2,400 09/24/09 BEGALA, PAUL E 22101 - $1,000 06/17/09 Begala, Paul E 22101 Judy M. Feder (D)Lost $2,300 general 10/17/08 BEGALA, PAUL 22101 Jeanne Shaheen (D)Won $1,000 general 10/17/08 BEGALA, PAUL 22101 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)- $2,300 primary 08/28/08 Begala, Paul E 22101 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 06/30/08 BEGALA, PAUL 22102 FRANKEN, AL (DFL)Won $1,000 primary 06/20/08 Begala, Paul E 22101 Judy M. Feder (D)Lost $1,300 primary 05/29/08 Begala, Paul 22102 COTE, ADAM ROLAND (D)Lost $1,000 primary 02/04/08 Begala, Paul E 22101 Judy M. Feder (D)Lost $1,000 primary 09/07/07 Begala, Paul 22101 Hillary Clinton (D)Lost $2,300 general 03/22/07 Begala, Paul 22101 Hillary Clinton (D)Lost $2,300 primary 03/22/07 BEGALA, PAUL 22102 FRANKEN, AL (DFL)Won $1,000 primary 02/23/07 Begala, Paul E 22101 Judy M. Feder (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/14/06 BEGALA, PAUL 22102 Bob, Jr. Casey (D)Won $2,100 general 10/05/06 Begala, Paul 22101 Jon P. Jennings (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/24/03 Begala, Paul 22101 Fred Duval (D)Lost $500 primary 08/30/02 Begala, Paul E 22101 Dan Wofford (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/29/02 Begala, Paul E 22101 Dan Wofford (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/28/02 Begala, Paul E. 22101 Rahm Emanuel (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/10/01 BEGALA, PAUL 22101 CASEY, PATRICK RAYMOND (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/22/00 BEGALA, PAUL E 20500 CASEY, PATRICK RAYMOND (D)Lost $250 primary 05/19/98 BEGALA, PAUL E 78733 CULLEN, J JOSEPH (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/28/96 BEGALA, PAUL 78701 - $250 primary 12/06/95 BEGALA, PAUL 22305 WILHELM, DAVID C (D) - $-90 primary 11/30/95 BEGALA, PAUL E 22305 WILHELM, DAVID C (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/29/95 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Paul Begala's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,447
2,975
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
2,678
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 25, 2009
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 11/23/09
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