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Article: McAuliffe's Prowess As Fundraiser Grabs Spotlight in Va. Race
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- The Washington Post
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- December 29, 2008
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With his booming voice, quick wit and gregarious nature, Terry
McAuliffe established a reputation as one of the world's best
political fundraisers, soaking up hundreds of millions of dollars
for Democratic causes and candidates.
Now, after spending much of his adult life soliciting donations
for others -- most notably, former president Bill Clinton and Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) -- McAuliffe is considering using
those prodigious skills and extensive contacts for himself, as a
candidate for governor of Virginia. McAuliffe's potential candidacy
has created what Michael Toner, a former chairman of the Federal
Election Commission, calls "the perfect fundraising storm."
Virginia is ...