California Schemin': What's Rudy's Role in Electoral Vote Initiative?

Giuliani's California Schemin' Money Man
By Paul Kiel - November 23, 2007, 4:33PM

Who is Paul Singer? He and Rudy Giuliani would prefer you not think too much about it.

Singer, who founded the multibillion dollar hedge fund Elliott Associates, has raised $200,000 for Giuliani. He flies Giuliani around in his jet.

And, as of September, his $175,000 contribution was the sole backing for the Republican scheme to split up California's electoral votes. Instead of all the electoral votes in the country's most populous state going to the state's winner (almost surely the Democrat), the ballot initiative would throw the loser (the Republican) his percentage, potentially swinging the election.

Singer's no fan of publicity, which explains why he looks rather unhappy in the picture The New York Times photographer snapped of him on the street for today's piece.

Singer tells the Times that made the contribution because he "believes in proportional voting in the Electoral College." As the Times notes, Singer was also a donor to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004. Presumably that was just because he believes in the truth.

But just because Singer is the only money behind the California scheme doesn't mean it's entirely his baby. There's a whole host of other Giuliani backers who've gotten involved:

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and the status quo doesn't give repukes a snowball's chance in hell of taking CA. They only way ghouliani has a prayer of winning the election is to change the law in CA to make the electoral vote system like that of Maine and Nebraska. I say let's keep it the way it is!

the Clintons because someone who gets President Clinton to speak at some of their functions is flying them around in their jet.

BUT we have, as this poster stated, rudi being flown around in the jet belonging to Elliott Associates, someone WHO RAISES FUNDS FOR rudi, being allowed to do so, with no investigation.

Now a company flying a presidential candi ate in their jet might be wrong, but can anybody tell me with the Federal government is investigating Clinton and not rudi. DOUBLE STANDARD???????????

Just a guess...