HillRaisers

HillRaisers were people who gathered at least $100,000 for New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. This was done through the practice of "bundling" contributions.cite news
url=
title=Use of Bundlers Raises New Risks for Campaigns
publisher=The New York Times
author=David D. Kirkpatrick
date=2007-08-31
accessdate= ] As of the end of August 2007, there were 233 such HillRaisers.

The "HillRaiser" name is a play on the expression "hellraiser", [But probably not on the 1987 film "Hellraiser".] and the idea has its roots in the successful Bush Pioneers appellation formed by Karl Rove for George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns.cite news
url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2003-10-15-cover-bundlers_x.htm
title='Bundling' contributions pays for Bush campaign
publisher=USA Today
author=Jim Drinkard and Laurence McQuillan
date=October 16, 2003] cite news
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/15/wbush15.xml
title=Bush's Rangers on trail to round up record $200m
publisher=Telegraph
author=Charles Laurence
date=June 15, 2003]

In late August 2007, HillRaiser Norman Hsu came into considerable negative publicity when it was revealed that he was a 15-year-long fugitive on investment fraud chargescite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/us/politics/30bundler.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
title=Clinton Donor Under a Cloud In Fraud Case
publisher=The New York Times
author=Mike McIntire, Leslie Wayne
date=2007-08-30
accessdate= 2007-08-31 ] and had also possibly engaged in violations of campaign finance law as a "bundler".cite news
author =
title = Big Source of Clinton's Cash Is an Unlikely Address
publisher = Wall Street Journal
date = 2007-08-28
accessdate = 2007-08-31
url = http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118826947048110677.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news]

Prominent HillRaisers

Some prominent names that appeared on Clinton's HillRaisers website: [ [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/HillRaisers/ "Hillary for President: HILLRAISERS"] , hillaryclinton.com. Accessed 2007-09-02.]
* Clarence Avant
* Steve Bing
* Gov. James Blanchard
* Lloyd Blankfein
* Susie Tompkins Buell
* Ronald Burkle
* John Catsimatidis
* Vikram Chatwal
* Peter Chernin
* Stanley M. Chesley
* Amb. Timothy Chorba
* Gov. Jon Corzine
* Lanny Davis
* John Delaney
* Charles Dolan
* James Dolan
* Terry Duffy
* U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
* U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro
* Gary Gensler
* Gordon Giffin
* John Grisham
* Steven Grossman
* Norman Hsu (de-listed)
* Magic Johnson
* Robert L. Johnson
* Vernon Jordan
* Declan Kelly
* Marc Lasry
* Jeffrey Lichtman
* Nita Lowey
* John J. Mack
* Raul L. Martinez
* Garry Mauro
* U.S. Rep. Charles Thomas McMillen
* Gifford Miller
* Heidi Miller
* Hassan Nemazee
* Gov. Martin O'Malley
* U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone
* Richard Park
* Jim Pederson
* Ronald Perelman
* Jorge M. Perez
* Richard Perry
* Arvind Raghunathan
* Brett Ratner
* Steven Rattner
* Gov. Ed Rendell
* Brian Roberts
* Wayne Rogers
* Lynn Forester de Rothschild
* Haim Saban
* U.S. Rep. Lynn Schenk
* Bernard L. Schwartz
* U.S. Rep. Ronnie Shows
* Steven Spielberg
* David Steinberg
* Sribala Subramanian
* Richard Sullivan
* Mahinder Tak
* U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli
* Ted Waitt
* U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
* Mark S. Weiner
* Howard Wolfson

ee also

* Bush Pioneers

References

External links

* [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/HillRaisers/ List of current HillRaisers]
* [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/actioncenter/raise/ You too can become a HillRaiser]