Fascinating look at national fund raising data.
While it is no secret that New York and Los Angeles are money meccas for both Republicans and Democrats, what about Teton County, Wyo.? Or Greene County, Ga.? Or Blaine County, Idaho?
Candidates reached into all quarters of the country to raise money last year, including some places that are not part of the well-worn money trail that presidential candidates walk every four years. In many cases, candidates found money in unusual places thanks to fund-raisers who happen to live and work there. Glen Justice, New York Times.
Category: Politics
Federal Red Ink
The Cato Institute published some very helpful (and illuminating) charts & graphs on the current federal budget.
The Fog of War
McNamara speaks at Berkeley.
Robert McNamara, the defense secretary in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, fielded questions from center stage in a packed auditorium at his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, for the first time since graduating in 1937.
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Since Errol Morris’s (a UW Grad) The Fog of War” was released last year, Mr. McNamara has appeared before several audiences, including those at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and one last month in Washington.