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Oliver comes by his calling naturally. Born into a Republican family, he grew up in Rush Limbaugh's Mississippi River hometown of Cape Girardeau and became pals later in life with the conservative radio star. Oliver stretched out his time at the University of Missouri law school to work for...
Oliver brings a military-style discipline to the task of fund raising. Nothing is left to chance. (At home, he keeps a needlepoint from his grandmother that reads, "I'm so used to being nervous I get tense when I'm calm.") In advance of a recent Washington event, fund...
Oliver has fine-tuned the structure he inherited from the 2000 campaign, and built on a core group of fund raisers called Pioneers who each brought in $100,000. Instead of disbanding the group after Bush won, Oliver nurtured it. After victories by Ronald Reagan and the first Bush, "we...
The network has done surprisingly well in midsize cities, usually relegated to the minor league of campaign finance. Just as the NFL discovered it could profitably run football teams in smaller markets, Oliver and his colleagues realized that these towns were ripe with donors who would pay big money even...
As many predicted, the Republicans--and Oliver--have been helped by the campaign-finance reform enacted last year. Championed chiefly by Democrats, the law bans soft-money donations--unlimited sums given to political parties mostly by corporations--and raises the ceiling on hard-money gifts by individuals. Republicans have a...