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White House spokesman Mike McCurry is a genial guy. So maybe he was just being genial when he laughed off questions last week concerning the whereabouts of John Huang, the suddenly infamous former Democratic fund raiser. Huang, who steered cash to party coffers from the billionaire Riadys of Indonesia, had been out of sight for days. At a White House press briefing, McCurry danced around the problem. Why couldn't Huang meet with reporters? they asked. Too busy, McCurry said. Huang was preparing for a Federal Election Commission inquiry requested by the Clinton campaign. With a grin, McCurry added that...
...evasive, there is a whiff of hubris, the air of a campaign that sees every question mark as just another speed bump. Vice President Al Gore claims to have been entirely unaware that an April luncheon he attended at a Buddhist temple in California was an illegal fund raiser. With a face as straight as only his can be, Gore said in a radio interview last week that he thought the function, organized by Huang and the D.N.C., was a "community-outreach" event. More observant guests, however, have said it was plain to them that what was reaching...
...excellent fund raiser, Northup has also proven herself an adept campaigner after five consecutive terms in the Kentucky House. She supports the balanced-budget amendment and, as a mother of six, is also in favor of broad-based tax cuts, including a $500-per-child tax credit. She also favors giving states control over welfare and believes the same approach should be tried with crime fighting...
...chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Paxon was an author of the Contract with America and a key player in the G.O.P. landslide of 1994. A tireless, effective fund raiser, he is also married to Representative Susan Molinari (District 13). The only husband-wife congressional team, they are often spotlighted as symbols of the younger wing of the G.O.P. But as the novelty of the Contract becomes tarnished by political bickering, Paxon is finding himself in a real race for his House seat...
...records obtained by ABC News indicate that he and his foundation owe more than $10,000 in back taxes and that he does not even own his home. Whom could he be representing? The Wall Street Journal reported that Gandhi has close ties to an Indian political fund raiser who wants to expand India's business links with...