[Lisa]

Terry McAuliffe
Former DNC Chariman


Bush Exploits America's Patriotism

At the Ohio Democratic Party's annual state dinner:

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"[Bush] has shamelessly exploited the heartfelt compassion and patriotism that brought our country together after September 11.

"As 9/11 and the war in Iraq pushed all domestic news to the back pages of the television broadcasts, this administration has presided over a devastating economic policy, a policy of massive tax cuts for the rich."

He failed to mention that members of his own party proposed their own tax cut bill - a portion of which, as with any tax cut plan, will benefit those who pay the most taxes.
Source: http://www.camedward...es/2003_05.html


We'll Beat George Bush on Principles and Morals

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"Let me tell you folks, that is a disgrace. This is George Bush's Washington. We're going to beat George Bush ... but we're going to do it on principles and we're going to do it on morals."

Source: http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.sht...003/5/19/113408
added 05/05/06 link dead, can't verify

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Mr. McAuliffe criticized Republican efforts to attract blacks to the party, saying Republicans are "good on the photo ops, but there are a lot of false promises."

"The Trent Lott debacle was an accurate portrayal of how Republicans feel," he said.

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The termination of 10 minority employees at the Democratic National Committee was a mistake that never received formal approval, a party official said.

But some Democratic leaders are still seeking an explanation from committee chairman Terry McAuliffe for the episode that sent staffers into meetings all day yesterday.

Source: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030530...24849-1736r.htm
added 07/10/03

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[Anne]

http://www.opensecrets.org/newsletter/ce73...3/interview.asp

Interview: Terry McAuliffe
In their intense efforts to keep pace with GOP fund-raising, President Clinton and the Democrats have relied most heavily on one man: Terry McAuliffe

[QUOTE]C.E.: Do you support campaign finance reform?
McAuliffe: I'd love to see campaign finance reform. I'd love to see the elimination of soft money. But until we change the rules unfortunately we all have to play by the game.

I am the biggest proponent of [the] McCain/Feingold [legislation that would ban soft money]. The president and vice president both support McCain/Feingold, both have said they would sign it, but you know, [Congressional Republicans] will never send them a bill. The vice president even took it a step further … he said to Governor Bush, let's agree not to involve soft money in this campaign. They never heard back from Governor Bush's campaign.

C.E.: Wasn't Gore's challenge similar to the one issued by Rick Lazio that Hillary Rodham Clinton rejected during their Sept. 13 debate?
McAuliffe: Right, and Hillary had a very good point back. If you can stop the independent expenditures, absolutely. Hillary's only point was that she'd be happy to stop using soft money, but Lazio has got to get rid of these independent committees. [The two candidates did agree on a soft money ban, with each requesting that outside groups also stop airing ads. - Editor]

C.E.: Has the extreme importance of money in politics increased the probability of campaign finance abuses?
McAuliffe: When there's that much money being raised, that much time being spent, that much demand for money to buy TV time, it's going to cause a problem. It's just too much money in the system. Now, you may be asking, "Terry McAuliffe is saying this?"… But I have been consistent on this topic. I've been for campaign finance reform since day one. And I can tell you in the 21 years I've raised money I've never returned a check.

C.E.: Are the Democrats more complicit than Republicans in finding ways around current campaign finance laws?
McAuliffe: I can't answer that question - I spend all my time raising money and I don't have any knowledge of [abuses].[/QUOTE]

[Anne]

http://www.motherjones.com/coinop_congress...o_400/moss.html

Fundraiser Terry McAuliffe knew how to bag big donors for President Clinton, but has the stalker now become the prey?

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Reporters were daily uncovering pieces of the mounting Democratic campaign finance scandals. Up to that point, McAuliffe had avoided mention in those stories. But within two weeks of his bash, he was identified as the man who started the White House kaffeeklatsches for major party contributors and as the memo writer who sparked the president's decision to "rent out" the Lincoln Bedroom. (An eventual summons from congressional investigators seems likely.)

McAuliffe may also have other worries. According to a congressional source, the Department of Justice is considering whether McAuliffe exploited his political connections to profit from at least one government-related business deal (see McAuliffe Inc.).

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He came of professional and political age as the Democratic Party was deciding that in order to beat the Republicans, it had to focus on fundraising. McAuliffe learned the finer arts of the trade at the elbow of former Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.). ("You could sense about him that here was a guy who's going to be a superstar," Coelho now says.) Although Coelho left the House in disgrace after a big donor helped him structure a sweetheart junk bond deal, McAuliffe has continued to play the game unfazed. "I would think for a majority of the big donors, they want to be part of the action," McAuliffe told Mother Jones. "It's fun, it's exciting, it's sexy, it's got a lot of things to it that they want to be part of. Nobody comes in and says, 'Hey, for this, I'll give you that,' because you'd throw them out of the office."

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While he worked for the Missouri Democrat, his business and political ties came under scrutiny when it appeared that some of the loans were unsecured, a charge later denied by McAuliffe and Federal City. McAuliffe told reporters at the time that he had abstained from voting on the approval of the loans.

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About a week later, McAuliffe sent a memo to Clinton's scheduler asking for three dates when the president could dine or drink coffee with major backers. That memo, part of a trove of documents kept by then-Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes and later handed over to Hill investigators, included the names of the Democrats' top 10 backers. It also prompted Clinton to scribble the now-infamous word "overnights" next to the 10 names, and to add, "get other names at 100,000 or more, 50,000 or more."

When asked about the memo, McAuliffe had a simple response: He said he had nothing to do with the Lincoln Bedroom stays. As for the potentially most troubling aspect of the fundraising controversy -- that foreign money was channeled into DNC coffers -- McAuliffe strenuously maintained he was uninvolved. "I ran Clinton/Gore in 1995," he said. "All the problems that have occurred [at the DNC] have occurred on another watch."

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At this point, the motivational pitchman who can "sell" is replaced by an operative professing fundraising fatigue. "I'm tired of the dough," he says. "I don't ever want to do it again." For the next two years, McAuliffe says, he'll concentrate on his home-building business, American Heritage Homes.

But he has no plans to retire from political life. Already he is said to be enjoying entreaties from likely primary opponents Gore and Gephardt. "I will be very active in the 2000 election," McAuliffe says. "Let's just leave it at that."