Hassan Nemazee Arrested on Fraud Charge; New York Donors Stunned
By Jason Horowitz | August 25, 2009 | 3:46 pm
The New York donor community has been dealt its second shock of the year.... READ MORE»
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Candidate McAuliffe's Return to New York
By Jason Horowitz | January 23, 2009 | 11:37 am
Terry McAuliffe has attended many fund-raisers at the Park Avenue apartment of influential Democratic bundler Hassan Nemazee.... READ MORE»
Former Clinton Finance Chair Hassan Nemazee Defends His Kids' Political Contributions
By Irina Aleksander | October 20, 2008 | 1:30 pm
On Sunday, Page Six Magazine published a piece about New York powerfuls using their children as "money mules" for political donations--which means that the parents are donating money under their kids' names when the parents have reached the limit for political contributions. The implication is that these students and/or unemployed socialites have parents who refuse to abide by the political donation regulations, and are using their children's names to shovel money into selected campaigns.... READ MORE»
Obama and Clinton Make Up, Sort of, But Why Now?
By Jason Horowitz | September 11, 2008 | 4:56 pm
With just over two months to go before Election Day and after months of hard feelings, a handful of phone calls, and fitful, uncomfortable contact between respective staffs, Barack Obama paid a visit to Bill Clinton's Harlem office today, where the former president said he would hit the trail for the Democratic nominee. "Would it would been more to Obama's advantage to have engaged more proactively earlier with President Clinton? Sure," said former Clinton... READ MORE»
A Private Thank You for Clinton Backers, and an Appeal
By Jason Horowitz | August 7, 2008 | 1:40 pm
Hillary Clinton held a private meeting for supporters last night at Cipriani's, thanking them for their help during the primary. Introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer, who spoke about local issues in Mount Vernon and Westchester County, Clinton addressed key supporters, including Hassan Nemazee, Alan Patricof, and Fred Hochberg, and elected officials like Tom DiNapoli and Tom Suozzi. According to one of the attendees, Clinton did not discuss her future plans. The event wasn't explicitly a fund-raiser,... READ MORE»
Maybe Obama Needs the Big-Money Dems After All
By Jason Horowitz | July 11, 2008 | 11:39 am
Donors to Barack Obama expect his campaign to raise just over $30 million in June, according to The Wall Street Journal. Even if that estimate is a tactial lowball, the number is well below the astronomical figures reported during the primary. And when contrasted with the $22 million June haul the McCain campaign reported yesterday, and the additional $95 million McCain campaign aides hope to raise by the end of the summer through the... READ MORE»
Axelrod's Targeted Push for Clinton Donors
By Jason Horowitz | May 12, 2008 | 9:17 am
The Obama campaign is in town to rally its fund-raisers and create new ones. Obama senior strategist David Axelrod is here for two meetings with the campaign's fund-raisers, reported yesterday in the New York Post, at which the Obama finance people have been encouraged to show up with friends who are Clinton supporters. But the push to recruit the opposition is a measured one.... READ MORE»
Clinton Finance Chair Expects Nominee (Whoever That Is) to Be Welcoming
By Jason Horowitz | May 8, 2008 | 3:17 pm
I just asked Hillary Clinton's finance chair Hassan Nemazee about accounts from other Clinton donors of Obama bundlers contacting them about the possibility of coming over to the campaign. "There is only one instance that I know of in which a Clinton donor went over to the Obama campaign," said Nemazee. "I remain convinced, until shown otherwise, that donors, be they in New York or elsewhere, are sticking with Hillary and the campaign." He... READ MORE»
Clinton Finance Chair Predicts a Game-Changing Tuesday
By Jason Horowitz | May 5, 2008 | 4:10 pm
As a rule, the Clinton campaign tries to keep expectations down, but at least one of Hillary Clinton's top supporters is dispensing with the exercise as it applies to tomorrow's primary contests in North Carolina and Indiana. "I think the momentum is very much in our direction and we are going to exceed expectations," said Hassan Nemazee, one of the campaign's finance chairs. When asked if Tuesday would be the game-changer, Nemazee said, "You... READ MORE»
Clinton Finance Chair Says Defection Is No Big Deal
By | April 25, 2008 | 3:01 pm
Hassan Nemazee, a finance chair for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, said he was not surprised by the defection of fund-raiser Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon to the Obama campaign. "He came to me yesterday and gave me a heads-up," said Nemazee. "I like Gabriel and I consider him a friend.... READ MORE»
Howard Dean Talks to Hassan Nemazee, Part 2
By Jason Horowitz | April 4, 2008 | 4:05 pm
I followed up with Clinton campaign finance chair Hassan Nemazee about that summit of big Clinton and Obama donors last night, and he told me that there was a bit of an epilogue to the spirited exchange he had with DNC chairman Howard Dean. "He did call me," Nemazee said. "We did have a lengthy and a productive and constructive conversation regarding the issues that I had raised and the role that he... READ MORE»
More on Clinton Donors Versus Dean
By Jason Horowitz | April 4, 2008 | 1:12 pm
Some more details of the heated exchange between Howard Dean and Clinton supporters during last evening's Obama-Clinton donor summit on Fifth Avenue, from yet another attendee: After Dean's initial remarks, Bernard Bergreen, a Hillary bundler, rose and said that Dean's address left out any discussion of Michigan and Florida, which was the critical bone of contention between the two campaigns. Dean said that in his view, the question could be settled only after the primaries... READ MORE»
Nemazee Says Clinton Way Up in Ohio and Texas
By Jason Horowitz | February 23, 2008 | 12:57 pm
Hassan Nemazee, one of Hillary Clinton's finance chairs, thinks that the punditocracy and media as a whole are getting way ahead of themselves in proclaiming Clinton sunk. "The pundits are creating this impression that this is a foregone conclusion," said Nemazee, who thinks the Clinton campaign needs to do a better job of making clear that there is still a real path to victory for the candidate. "There needs to be a greater pushback on... READ MORE»
Clinton Bundlers Dispute Donors' Defections, Predict Banner February
By Jason Horowitz | February 21, 2008 | 5:47 pm
One of the Clinton campaign's finance chairs, Hassan Nemazee, called in to dispute Clinton fund-raiser John Catsimatidis' assertion that the number of Clinton donors moving to Obama were "too numerous to mention." "We have seen no evidence whatsoever" of a defection, Nemazee said. "If anything we are delighted to still see so much enthusiasm." Instead of an exodus, Nemazee said, his donors had actually rallied around their candidate this month. As evidence... READ MORE»
Hillary Bundlers Canvass, Humbly, in Iowa
By Jason Horowitz | December 18, 2007 | 7:30 am
The dreary work of campaign field operations—knocking on doors, chatting up old people and cold calling for a candidate—is often carried out by eager college students wanting to make their first inroads into politics. That was not the case on Ridgewood Street in Ames on December 15, when some of Hillary Clinton’s richest and most influential bundlers and donors—Hassan and Sheila Nemazee, Alan and Susan Patricof, and the former ambassador to Norway, Robin Duke—braved... READ MORE»
