So early for shenanigans.
A close friend and major fundraiser of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has identified himself as the mystery financer of the proposed California initiative to apportion the state’s 55 electoral votes by congressional district instead of winner-take-all.
He is New York hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer. He said he provided the $175,000 to initially finance the petition drive to get the measure on the June 2008 ballot. But as The Times’ Dan Morain revealed in an exclusive story on this website last night, the drive has foundered on internal disputes and lack of further financing.
The DNC has questions.
“Rudy Giuliani should come clean and explain his ties to this blatant Republican power grab.” said DNC Communications Director Karen Finney. “Voters deserve to know if Rudy Giuliani is involved in this dirty trick to steal the White House for the Republicans. Does Rudy support this Republican power grab? Is it part of his campaign plan?”
There’s even more to this story.
I just got this tidbit of information from Cliff Schecter’s blog.
When did Singer make his huge donation to the group that tried to steal the election?
Take a guess!
Here’s a hint: “it changed everything”!
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Singer’s $175,000 contribution was dated Sept. 11 and funneled through a corporation, Take Initiative America. Attorney Charles A. Hurth III, of Union, Mo., a small town 50 miles outside St. Louis, created the company on Sept. 10.
http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/14390-as-a-snarky-aside