Daily Archives: October 16, 2007
Vermont Presidential Fundraising Totals for 2007
According to OpenSecrets.org, here are the details of Vermont fundraising for all Presidential candidates in 2007, as of September 30th…
(in order of total amount raised)
| Democrats | Republicans |
| Barack Obama $316,501 from 459 donations |
Mitt Romney $47,125 from 66 donations |
| Hillary Clinton $37, 590 from 65 donations |
John McCain $32,228 from 80 donations |
| Bill Richardson $14,665 from 50 donations |
Rudy Guiliani $27,150 from 27 donations |
| John Edwards $14,567 from 76 donations |
Ron Paul $3,067 from 10 donations |
| Chris Dodd $3,050 from 3 donations |
Sam Brownback $1,550 from 3 donations |
| Dennis Kucinich $2,350 from 8 donations |
Tom Tancredo $1,300 from 5 donations |
| Mike Gravel $750 from 2 donations |
Mike Huckabee $300 from 2 donations |
| Joe Biden $100 from 1 donation |
Duncan Hunter $0 |
Ho Ho Goes to Hollywood?
[Update: Of course I should have realized. Freyne already has dibs on the obvious title… But Peter? No Brittney Spears photo parody, eh?]
Pollina Shmollina…
The most important bit of armchair speculation that should be occupying Vermonters' time is Who Will Play Howard Dean?
In case you haven't heard, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up to produce a movie that will apparently focus on Dean's paradigm changing race for the Democratic nomination.
Per the AP…
BURLINGTON, Vt. —A publicist for actor George Clooney confirms that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean could be depicted in a movie featuring Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Clooney publicist Stan Rosenfield says the movie depicting Dean's 2004 presidential campaign is in development, but could be years from release.
Vermont Film Commission executive director Joe Bookchin says he is hoping to persuade the studo, Warner Bros., to film significant parts of the movie in Vermont. Dean's campaign was headquartered in Burlington.
He says the movie could bring millions of dollars of economic activity into the state.
Of course, Howard “Fiddy State” Dean is no stranger to Hollywood…
And now, back to our regular scheduled programming…