John Edwards' Unpaid Debts

The American Prowler ^ | Tuesday, January 7, 2002

[JohnHuang2]

RAISING HAY
Political fundraisers say they are interested to see how all of the Democrats will be able to fundraise against each other. As it stands -- excepting Sen. John Kerry's personal wealth -- all of them appear to be starting from the same position.

Recent Federal Election Commission filings indicate that almost all of the prospective Democratic candidates have nearly $2 million banked in some political accounts: personal PACs, campaign accounts or exploratory committee accounts. Only Vermont Gov. Howie Dean has raised less. Way less. He has about $125,000 banked.

Sen. Tom Daschle has more than $1.8 million, and he's on the low end for the hopefuls. Sens. John Edwards, Kerry, and Joe Lieberman all raised more than $2 million this past year. Lieberman, ever the gentleman, spent almost all of it helping his party's candidates around the country. He has almost three-quarters of a million in the bank. "Getting more will not be a problem," says a Lieberman Senate staffer. "He's been keeping all of his fundraisers busy making sure they know he's going to need their help soon."

Perhaps most interesting in the filings is that John Edwards continues to carry as much as $6 million in debt from this first Senate campaign. Should he lose in his presidential bid, and not retain his Senate seat, he may have to up his per-hour rate as a country lawyer for "regular folk" to pay it off.


AN OVERSIGHT
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi made clear on Monday who's going to be buttering her party's political bread in the coming year or two, not that she's bragging about it. In unveiling her caucus's economic stimulus package to reporters, she neglected to credit assistance from the legislative affairs office of the AFL-CIO, which helped put the plan together with House leadership staffers.

"It wasn't like they signed off on the plan, but they knew in advance what we were doing and were enthusiastic supporters," says a Democratic staffer on the Joint Economic Committee.

Despite arguments by moderate Democrats to include a broad-based tax cut and/or refund to families with incomes greater than $80,000 to $100,000, Pelosi's left-leaning leadership team instead focused on putting together a plan that they hoped would energize their base. "They weren't interested in helping the people who consistently are the most taxed group in America," says a staffer for a conservative Democratic House member. "It was all about helping the lower end of the economic spectrum."


SENATE SQUATTER
For someone who claims to know so much about the inner-workings of the Senate, Trent Lott seems awfully forgetful.

With the Senate kicking into business mode today, the outgoing party leader hasn't moved out of his leadership offices, meaning new majority leader Sen. Bill Frist is still using his personal offices for leadership meetings.

According to a Frist leadership source, Lott, while not being wholly uncooperative about a move, suggested that they simply hang the Majority Leader shingle over Frist's office space, in a manner similar to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who replaced his House Whip shingle on Monday with the leadership title.

"We all understand what Lott is up against," says a Senate leadership source. "He hasn't been unclassy about what is happening, but he isn't moving as fast as he could."

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, January 7, 2002

Quote Of The Day by Teacher317

[Claire Voyant]

It sounds like Attractive John Edwards owes 6 MILLION DOLLARS to the Regular People....probably printers, radio and tv people etc. 6 MILLION DOLLARS in DEBT!!! WOW!! Wonder when the FAWNING Lap Dogs in the media will askk Attractive Johnny about that debt.

Never.

[Fracas]

FYI.

[Miss Marple]

How very interesting. I wonder to whom those debts are owed?

It seems to me they are either owed to "regular" people, who are being stiffed, or large companies which are not pressing for payment in hopes of getting consideration in some legislation or increased influence in the Rat party.

[Credo]

The ambulance chaser may be looking for taxpayer funds to pay off his Senatorial campaign debt.

[Miss Marple]

Excellent thinking!

[Howlin]

Well, well. Isn't THIS an interesting development????

And it's my understanding that John Kerry has NO MONEY of his own, and that the FEC has ruled he cannot use his wife's money, i.e., John Heinz's money -- not that she'd give it to him anyway.

[Howlin]

FYI.

[Howlin]

I also heard that Lott is refusing to give up his car and driver.

[PGalt]

Bankrupt all of the parasitic socialists, their propagandist enablers, Hollywood leftists and advertisers.

[fabriclady]

I heard on th news last night that the senate is letting him keep his car and driver. Did not sound like he refused to give it up.

[Howlin]

Major Garrett said it's NEVER been done before. He made it sound like Lott wasn't giving it up. And now add this stuff about the office; I guess he's not going quietly.

[YaYa123]

Wish I could remember who said this. On one of the talk shows I heard someone say...Kerry has pledged not to use his wife's wealth in his presidential campaign UNLESS either he or his wife is personally attacked. (How's that for an exception you could drive a truck through?)

[Carolinamom]

What's this about Edwards OWING $6million? I distinctly remember all those reports about his spending $6million OF HIS OWN MONEY for his senatorial campaign. Are we supposed to feel sorrow for his plight? He can buy multiple million dollar homes (plural) but can't/won't pay his bills? AND he wants to be President? HA

[Dog Gone]

I can understand Tom DeLay being willing to stay in his current office. It's one of the better ones in the Capitol.

But Lott needs to move out of his. That's ridiculous.

[MeekOneGOP]

AN OVERSIGHT
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi made clear on Monday who's going to be buttering her party's political bread in the coming year or two, not that she's bragging about it. In unveiling her caucus's economic stimulus package to reporters, she neglected to credit assistance from the legislative affairs office of the AFL-CIO, which helped put the plan together with House leadership staffers.

"It wasn't like they signed off on the plan, but they knew in advance what we were doing and were enthusiastic supporters," says a Democratic staffer on the Joint Economic Committee.

Despite arguments by moderate Democrats to include a broad-based tax cut and/or refund to families with incomes greater than $80,000 to $100,000, Pelosi's left-leaning leadership team instead focused on putting together a plan that they hoped would energize their base. "They weren't interested in helping the people who consistently are the most taxed group in America," says a staffer for a conservative Democratic House member. "It was all about helping the lower end of the economic spectrum."

Minority Whip is Much More Fun !

[MeekOneGOP]

Re: Nancy Pelosi...

Separated at birth?...

[Howlin]

HAHAHA........I heard he had asked the FEC if he could use it, and they said no, but I hadn't heard the part about them being attacked.

I guess he's revving up that Mack truck! John Heinz must be spinning in his grave!

[RGSpincich]

Edwards' Senate campaign may have borrowed money from Edwards' personal accounts. Presumably, he could then pay himself back from funds raised during a presidential bid. Having debt isn't so bad if you are also the beneficiary. In doing some brief research, I see where he and other Dims have done much to help Cantwell, who lost pretend wealth in the tech stock crash, pay down her campaign debts. But nothing on his supposed debt.