Elliott Associates and Elliott Management, hedge funds, led by Paul Singer, [see this blog on Tuesday, March 1, http://thatsourgal.blogspot.com/2011/03/25th-congressional-district-tea.html ] is the combined single largest contributor to Ann Marie Buerkle's campaign last year.
Here is a transcript of the Republic National Committee's Michael Steele and Elliott Associates' Paul Singer's telephone conversation last June, 2010. Well, close...:
Paul: Hey, what's up Mike?
Mike: We've got a gal who won her House primary in upstate NY and can use a little help. She has a solid Tea
Party base from some activism years ago, and her opponent is slipping. Bright guy but not a lot of charisma.
Gave Jim Walsh a good run for his money and won the seat when Walsh retired.
We think she can edge him out with a little boost from us
Paul: Any bumps?
Mike: A couple. The major one was a blackened fetus in a jar at a protest years ago. She says she's older
now and her priorities are different.
Paul: (silence)
Mike: Also, she owes some commercial taxes to NYS and the town due to a little misunderstanding with the tenant.
That's being resolved. Looks like it won't change much.
Paul: Everybody has one of those hanging around. Ha, ha. Right? How big is it?
Mike: Less than twenty.
Paul: OK, it probably won't be a problem. Anything else?
Mike: She got a Palin endorsement and that is still in the positives.
Paul: So, what do you need right now?
Mike: Twenty will make a nice difference. We see a pretty big opening and plan to use it.
Paul: OK then, send Carole a memo re this conversation and we'll get it right out to you. Thanks for thinking of us.
Mike: You bet. Thanks so much. Have a good one.
Paul: No problem. Let us know if we can help you out later on. Oh, by the way, what's her name?
