Center for Investigative Reporting

February 21st, 2012

Who funds presidential campaigns and what do they want in return? CIR set out to answer those questions in investigating big donors to the 1992 race between Bill Clinton and George Bush in the PBS “Frontline” documentary, “The Best Campaign Money Can Buy.” Now, 20 years later, producer Stephen Talbot recalls what CIR uncovered and what we can expect from the $2 billion race for the presidency in 2012. Watch the full documentary or check out more of our Behind the Story extras.

January 17th, 2012

I get speaker’s fees from time to time, but not very much.

Mitt Romney humbly referencing the $374,327.62 in speaker’s fees he earned last year, an average of $41,592 per speech. (via officialssay)

Reblogged from Officials Say the Darndest Things

November 10th, 2011

Nixon Grand Jury Testimony Released

From NPR: “The Nixon Library and National Archives have released a trove of documents relating to former President Richard Nixon’s grand jury testimony. The testimony, taken after Nixon resigned, was the first by a sitting president. Nixon was interviewed at his California home on June 23 and 24, 1975, after he had been pardoned by President Gerald Ford.”

Photo by AP.

October 20th, 2011

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californiawatch:

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is dominating the money race in California, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry also has mined millions out of the Golden State in just a few months, according to new campaign finance data released this week.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Romney has raised $3.9 million from Californians since he began his presidential campaign late last spring. Perry has raised $1.2 million from California donors since he entered the race in August.

A complete breakdown of California totals for each of the Republican candidates is above.

Reblogged from California Watch

October 3rd, 2011

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ourpresidents:

“Things are going very, very well. I am in Berlin. There were one million people here last night at the very spot where the Wall used to stand -“

-Chancellor Kohl of Germany on the German Reunification Process

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On October 3, 1990, East and West Germany were reunified, one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This memo transcribes the brief conversation which occurred between President George Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, describing the reunification celebration.

Reblogged from NPR

May 13th, 2011

I was eating souffle at Rise Restaurant with Laura and two buddies. … I excused myself and went home to take the call. … Obama simply said ‘Osama Bin Laden is dead.’

Fmr. President George W. Bush, describing how he got the phone call from President Obama telling him that Osama bin Laden was killed. When Obama described the mission and the decision he made, Bush told Obama, “Good call.” (via officialssay)

Reblogged from Officials Say the Darndest Things

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