Hall of Fame
Michelle Bernard ($5,275)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Larry Csonka ($250)
Chris Albrecht ($256,700)
Meryl Streep ($26,500)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Tom Kite ($2,000)
Tippi Hedren ($300)
Steve Brill ($85,140)
Richie Sambora ($2,000)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Linda Evans ($3,300)
Joe Theismann ($5,200)
Chris Zorich ($1,000)
Art Rooney II ($93,815)
Susan Saint James ($44,800)
Barry Switzer ($8,000)
Charlie Daniels ($500)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ($5,700)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Billy Bob Thornton ($1,500)
Glenn Frey ($75,098)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Carly Simon ($12,950)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Milos Forman ($26,950)
Toby Keith ($4,000)
Gwyneth Paltrow ($32,450)
Scarlett Johansson ($2,300)
Daniel Snyder ($200,500)
Sean McManus ($1,250)
Lindsay Wagner ($2,100)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Kirstie Alley ($1,000)
Steve Martin ($15,900)
William Hurt ($5,000)
Brad Grey ($190,550)
Beverly LaHaye ($20,011)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Jennifer Garner ($10,600)
Michael Chiarello ($600)
Gil Cates ($19,400)
Rhea Perlman ($84,804)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
John Ramsey ($2,000)
Rob Lowe ($1,000)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
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Michael Smerconish (bio ) radio talk show host; attorney
NEWS MEAT
1,060
Election Picks: 10 wins, 10 losses
$10,250 Republican $11,800 Democrat $800 special interest total: $22,850
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 Arlen Specter (D) - $900 primary 09/11/09 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 Arlen Specter (D) - $2,400 general 09/11/09 Smerconish, Michael A. 19085 Patrick J. Murphy (D)Won $500 general 10/15/08 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19005 - $800 primary 09/29/08 Smerconish, Michael A. 19085 Louis J. Barletta (R)Lost $1,000 primary 02/20/08 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (D)- $1,500 primary 11/29/07 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 general 09/07/04 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 general 11/03/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 04/09/03 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Arlen Specter (D)Won $1,000 primary 04/30/02 Smerconish, Michael 19085 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $1,000 primary 09/23/01 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) - $-1,000 general 06/30/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $250 primary 03/23/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19085 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 03/13/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 general 02/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) - $-1,000 primary 02/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 primary 02/01/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19085 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/11/00 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A & LAVINIA N 19010 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 12/31/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 GREENLEAF, STEWART J (R)Lost $250 primary 12/13/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A & LAVINIA N 19010 GEROW, CHARLIE (R)Lost $250 primary 11/04/99 Smerconish, Michael A. Mr. 19010 George W Bush (R)Won $1,000 primary 10/29/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 ROVNER, BOB (D)Lost $250 primary 09/23/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 ROVNER, BOB (D)Lost $250 general 09/23/99 Smerconish, Michael Mr. 19010 Bill Bradley (D)Lost $1,000 primary 08/23/99 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Jim Greenwood (R)Won $250 primary 03/20/98 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A ESQ 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $250 primary 12/02/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19010 NEWMAN, JONATHAN H (R)Lost $1,000 primary 11/26/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $250 primary 03/18/97 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 06/20/96 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL 19010 BARRASSO, JOHN (R)Lost $250 primary 04/04/96 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 10103 SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $250 primary 09/21/95 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $250 primary 03/31/95 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19103 THORNBURGH, DICK (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/16/91 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL A 19102 Arlen Specter (D)Won $1,000 primary 10/27/89 SMERCONISH, MICHAEL MR 19103 - $2,000 primary 08/11/88 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Michael Smerconish's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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