Maureen White

A reader loyal to Hillary Clinton points out that of the roughly 300 Hillraisers who bundled money for her, it appears only a few gave money to Barack Obama or the D.N.C. in June, according to the F.E.C. filing.

Giving to Obama's Victory Fund were Mark Aronchick, Clarence Avant, John Emerson, John Graham, Chad Griffin, Marc Nathanson. Contributors to the D.N.C. included Rashid Chaudhary, Gary Gensler, Ambassador Arthur Schechter and Maureen White.

Other Clinton donors subsequently have given to Obama, and bundled a lot of money for him too. But the paucity of names so far illustrates how slow-going the unity efforts have been.

For all the stuffy ladies’ lunches, and high-dollar dinners featuring this or that Presidentia  read more »

Some slights can be mended with flowers; others require cold cash.

Last night was Freddy's first big fund-raiser: a $1,000 per plate affair at Cola's in Chelsea featuring Howard Dean.  read more »

The event was closed to the press, but a Politicker source reports that Howard Dean came bearing gifts. He presented Freddy with a $1,000 check... from Maureen White, the DNC finance chair.

Ms. White, who is married to arch-Democrat for Bloomberg Steve Rattner, had previously declined to go on the record supporting either mayoral candidate.

Last month, Steven Rattner, the multimillionaire financier, former New York Times reporter and Democ  read more »

If you need further evidence that the game of political fund-raising has changed irrevocably, consid  read more »