People would be grinning from ear to ear.
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
Now picture President Bush in that crowd. People would be grinning from ear to ear.
New Democrat Network
Top Contributors, 2004 Cycle
Top Contributors
Media Fund
$1,500,000
August Capital/Andrew Rappaport
$1,100,000
Democratic Governors Assn
$200,035
Roche Group
$175,100
Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America
$150,035
Bighorn Center for Public Policy
$150,000
Aetna Inc
$150,000
Pacificare Health Systems
$125,000
Credit Union National Assn
$110,105
Investor
$106,035
National Education Assn
$105,000
American Standard Development/SSMC Inc
$100,000
Goldman Sachs
$75,200
American Insurance Assn
$75,000
American Council of Life Insurers
$60,000
Mortgage Insurance Companies of America
$55,000
Consultant
$54,150
Intuit Inc
$50,250
Visa International
$50,135
National Assn of Home Builders
$50,105
Biogen Idec
$50,000
Pacificare
$50,000
Wyeth
$50,000
Loral Space & Communications
$50,000
Charles Schwab
$50,000
Emerson
$50,000
Soros Fund Management/George Soros
$50,000
Beverly Enterprises
$50,000
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
$50,000
Limited
$50,000
Child Psychologist
$37,100
America's Community Bankers
$35,035
National Assn of Realtors
$35,000
General Electric
$35,000
Microsoft Corp
$30,035
Charles Schwab & Co
$29,141
Fortis Inc
$27,285
Boeing Co
$26,000
Pfizer Inc
$25,500
Johnson & Johnson
$25,200
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
$25,070
Koch Industries
$25,035
Prudential Financial
$25,035
Securities Industry Assn
$25,035
Bell South
$25,000
Consumer Data Industry Assn
$25,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co
$25,000
Boeing
$25,000
GlaxoSmithKline
$25,000
Limited Inc
$25,000
Transunion Corp
$25,000
Capital One Financial
$25,000
Cisco Systems
$25,000
Intuit
$25,000
Nortel Networks
$25,000
Assurant Inc
$25,000
Monumental Life Insurance Co
$25,000
Amgen Inc
$25,000
Sears
$25,000
Travelers Indemnity Co
$25,000
Therapist
$25,000
Zurich Insurance
$25,000
ACE INA
$25,000
Target Corp
$25,000
Anheuser-Busch
$25,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb
$25,000
BellSouth Corp
$25,000
AEGON USA
$25,000
American Gas Assn
$20,120
CIGNA Corp
$20,000
Electronic Industries Alliance
$20,000
Kleiner, Perkins et al
$20,000
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
$20,000
Pacific Investment Management Co
$20,000
United Airlines
$18,030
Time Warner
$17,470
Retired
$16,810
Photographer
$16,000
eBay Inc
$16,000
Univision Communications
$15,070
PG&E Corp
$15,050
Direct Selling Assn
$15,035
DOW Chemical
$15,000
American Institute of CPAs
$15,000
Arts Pac Non-Federal
$15,000
National Multi Housing Council
$15,000
Genesoft Inc
$15,000
Eli Lilly & Co
$15,000
United Parcel Service
$15,000
Aventis
$12,500
Apax Partners
$12,100
Hewlett-Packard
$10,305
American Assn of Health Plans
$10,105
Colgate Palmolive Co
$10,100
Assn for Competitive Technology
$10,070
NASDAQ Stock Market
$10,035
US Chamber of Commerce
$10,035
Producer/Director
$10,000
Democratic Party of Colorado
$10,000
Fireman's Fund
$10,000
Loews Hotels
$10,000
Liberty Assn
$10,000
American Bankers Assn
$10,000
Scrambled Eggs
$10,000
Puget Sound Energy
$10,000
Francisco Partners
$10,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers
$10,000
Gateway Inc
$10,000
Hewlett Packard
$10,000
Nuclear Energy Institute
$10,000
LaBranche & Co
$10,000
Firemans Fund Insurance Companies
$10,000
Sempra Energy
$10,000
Ernst & Young
$10,000
National Assn of Professional Ins
$10,000
Metlife
$10,000
Northrop Grumman
$10,000
Vulcan Inc
$10,000
MPB Assoc
$10,000
Motorola
$10,000
Utley Group
$7,767
Xilinx Corp
$7,500
Intel Corp
$7,500
Homemaker
$7,400
EDS Corp
$7,000
Duberstein Group
$6,035
Tilenius Ventures
$5,785
Opsware Inc
$5,600
Morgan Stanley
$5,535
Maniv Bioventures
$5,500
Unemployed
$5,200
Verizon Communications
$5,035
Merck & Co
$5,035
Manager
$5,035
Working Assets
$5,000
Household International
$5,000
Brownstein, Hyatt et al
$5,000
Entravision Communications
$5,000
Ei Dupont De Nemours & Co
$5,000
International Dairy Foods Assn
$5,000
Ripplewood Holdings
$5,000
Sedgwick Publishing
$5,000
McLarty Management Co
$5,000
Duberstein Grp
$5,000
Financial Services Roundtable
$5,000
Bp Corp North America
$5,000
S&B Surgery Center
$5,000
O'Neil, Adler & Strauss
$5,000
National Venture Capital Assn
$5,000
Multiplan Inc
$5,000
MBNA Corp
$5,000
FedEx Corp
$5,000
BP America
$5,000
Cfsb
$5,000
Eds
$5,000
Koch Pac
$5,000
Automotive Free International Trade
$5,000
Bayview Financial
$5,000
Constellation Energy
$5,000
Anthem Inc
$5,000
DuPont Co
$5,000
Yellow Transportation
$5,000
Xcel Energy
$5,000
Allen & Co
$4,500
DAMG Capital
$4,100
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Intl
$4,000
Babcock & Brown
$4,000
Viacom Inc
$3,700
Lehman Brothers
$3,635
Paul, Weiss et al
$3,100
Sun Microsystems
$3,000
Citigroup Inc
$2,835
Cypress Group
$2,798
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
$2,700
Patterson, Belknap et al
$2,600
Credit Suisse First Boston
$2,500
Women's Cap Fund
$2,500
Fusion Telecommunications International
$2,500
Hamond & Co
$2,500
Tech
$2,500
Torrey Fund
$2,500
Sunny Bates Assoc
$2,200
Prudential Investment Management
$2,200
Under Ground Online
$2,200
Efficient Frontiers
$2,135
Marketing Consultant
$2,135
Nemazee Capital Corp
$2,100
Goodale Assoc
$2,100
Evnime-Vaughn Assoc
$2,100
Capital Z Partners
$2,100
Iscol Family Foundation
$2,100
Pipeline
$2,100
Nch Advisors
$2,100
Frank Crystal & Co
$2,100
Seaport Group
$2,100
National Artist Management Co
$2,100
Medley Global Advisors
$2,035
Medtronic
$2,000
Heyday Co
$2,000
Ugo Networks
$2,000
CitiInsurance
$2,000
Roberts Proprietaries Inc
$2,000
Prudential
$2,000
Whale Securities
$2,000
Writer & Television Producer
$2,000
Showtime
$2,000
Cedar Creek Group
$2,000
Aladdin Access
$2,000
International Advisor Services LLC
$2,000
Self-Employed
$1,970
Physician
$1,800
Skadden, Arps et al
$1,675
Red Three Consulting
$1,600
Quadrangle Group
$1,600
Edison Electric Institute
$1,492
Meetupcom
$1,456
Citicapital
$1,389
Primedia Inc
$1,200
Bloomberg Financial
$1,200
Attorney
$1,105
Ford Management
$1,100
Community Independent Democrats
$1,100
Sullivan & Cromwell
$1,100
Upoc Inc
$1,100
Ceridian Corp
$1,100
S Bernstein & Co
$1,100
Katzenbach Partners
$1,100
Recognition Group
$1,035
Girad & Vinson
$1,035
Ndn
$1,000
Reisman, Peirez & Reisman
$1,000
Entergy Corp
$1,000
Baker Botts Llp
$1,000
Gray, Cary et al
$1,000
VuNet USA
$1,000
Baron Capital
$1,000
Reisman Peirez et al
$1,000
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp
$1,000
Petro Corp
$1,000
Dresdner, Kleinwort & Wasserstein
$1,000
Principal Financial Pac
$1,000
Management Grp
$1,000
Windy City Inc
$1,000
Tudor Investment Corp
$1,000
Hallisey & Johnson
$1,000
Principal Pac
$1,000
Sigma & Partners
$1,000
Standard Bank
$1,000
Strother, Duffy & Strother
$1,000
Bergner, Bockorny et al
$1,000
Professional Aptitude Council
$1,000
Carr, Swanson & Randolph
$1,000
Warburg Pincus LLC
$1,000
Glue Communications
$1,000
Odyssey Mngmt
$1,000
Kate Moss Co
$1,000
People would be grinning from ear to ear.