The final kicker for all you Republicans who read my column with a magnifying glass is a press release issued Wednesday: “One of Chicago’s key Republican fund-raisers, CME Group Executive Chairman Terry Duffy today announced that he is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for the 2008 election.”
Duffy says he intends to remain a registered Republican.
Anyone check out Duffy’s credentials as a Key Republican fundraiser?
When you add the city Chicago and the name Duffy together, the odds of his being Republican are extremely low.
Yes, I did a search...he is a big contributor, mostly to Republicans. He does, however, throw some money at the occasional Democrat, like Harold Ford and Dick Durbin.
This looks like a mix. A Terry Duffy with that company/title did donate to Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Orrin Hatch and several other republicans. But a Terence Duffy with the same company/title also gave to Dick Durbin, Joe Lieberman and Harold Ford.
Nothing prior to 2002 cycle. I’m not sure the 2002 donations (not listed above) are him or not.
I’ve already done it, and posted the results on the Tribune’s “Swamp” websie. Duffy is neither “key”, nor a staunch Republican (he’s given money to lots of liberal Dems), nor is he a “registered Republican” as Ms. Hunter claims.
Other than that, the press release, and Ms. Hunter’s comment on it, are true.