New Yorkers for Santorum

The first quarter fund-raising numbers are beginning to trickle in, and once again Hillary Clinton is the big winner, raising a hefty $2 million a month each month from January through March. In a distant second place: Rick Santorum, whose war chest now holds $10 million, thanks to large GOP cash infusions -- and a little help from some New York friends. A quick Politicker once-over of past Santorum donors turned up lots of usual suspects -- think Rupert Murdoch, who has given $4200, and Henry Kissinger, who plunked down $500 -- as well as some genuine surprises, like die-hard Democratic fund-raiser John Catsimatidis. The list also includes baby neo-con Mark Gerson, failed would-be senator Rick Lazio, MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow, controversial businessman Kenneth Langone, and a piggy bank's worth of Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns-ers (we're sure Mr. Santorum's plum position on the banking committee had nothing to do with that). Most impressive, however, was Mr. Santorum's ability to recruit a real, live Frank Sinatra and Robert E. Lee! -- Lizzy Ratner More names after the jump: New Yorkers for Santorum 2006 Gary Barnett Extell Development Corp.: $2000 - 12/31/2004 John Bruno Potamkin Cadillac, President: $2000 - 09/10/2004 John Catsimatidis Red Apple Group: $1000 - 05/12/2005 James Cayne Bear Stearns, Chairman/CEO: $1000 - 11/30/2005 Samuel R. Chapin Merrill Lynch, Vice Chairman: $1000 - 11/18/2004 Barry J. Cohen Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 - 03/10/2003 Paul W. Critchlow Merrill Lynch, Business Executive: $2000 - 11/22/2004; $2000 - 11/22/2004 Steven Dantus Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 - 03/27/2003 Robert Foran Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 - 03/10/2003 Charles Gargano Empire State Development Corporation: $2000 - 11/18/2003 Bruce Geismar Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 - 03/18/2003 Mark Gerson Gerson Lehman Group: $2000 - 05/26/2005 Alan Greenberg Bear Stearns, Chairman of the Executive Committee: $1000 - 03/10/2003 Roger Hertog Alliance Capital, Vice Chairman: $1000 - 07/25/2005 Brian Hull Merrill Lynch, Executive: $1000 - 11/22/2004 Daniel Irvin UBS Warburg, Managing Director: $1000 - 11/18/2003 Ambassador Brenda Johnson $1000 - 12/29/2005: Peter Kalikow HJ Kalikow & Co.: $2000 - 03/30/2005 Daniel Keating Bear Stearns, Senior managing director: $1000 - 03/12/2003; $1000 - 11/30/2005 Alfred Kelly American Express Group, President: $4200 -12/14/2005 Jerome Kennedy Merill Lynch, Vice Chairman: $1000 - 11/22/2004 Henry Kissinger Kissinger Associates: $500 - 06/30/2002 Kenneth Langone Invemed Associates: $4200 - 06/30/2005 Rick Lazio The Financial Services Forum: $1000 - 11/18/2004 Robert E. Lee III $4200 - 12/31/2005 Mark Ellis Lehman Bear Stearns, VP & General Counsel: $1000 - 03/12/2003 Bartley Livolsi Citigroup, Managing Director: $2000 - 11/18/2003; $1900 - 03/30/2005 Scott Mead Goldman Sachs, Managing Director: $2000 - 06/30/2005 Rupert Murdoch News Corp.: $4200 - 11/08/2005 Stanley O'Neal Merrill Lynch, Chairman/CEO: $2000 - 01/05/2005 Michael O'Neill American Express, Senior VP, Public Affairs: $1000 - 12/13/2005 Aldo Parcesepe Bear Stearns, Senior managing director: $1000 - 03/12/2003 John Rosenwald Jr. Bear Stearns, Vice Chairman: $1000 - 03/17/2003 ;$1000 - 12/13/2005 Thomas Schick American Express, Executive: $1000 - 12/13/2005 Alan Schwartz Bear Stearns, President/Co-COO: $1000 - 03/12/2003; $1000 - 12/13/2005 Frank Sciame Frank J. Sciame Construction: 2000 - 03/30/2005 Frank G. Sinatra Holland & Knight: $1000 - 3/30/2005 Robert Steinberg Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 - 03/17/2003 Eli Wachtel Bear Stearns, Senior Managing Director: $1000 -03/18/2003