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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (3257)	7/12/2003 11:34:23 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 10965

Two items on Sharpton this morning: townhall.com Al Sharpton's strategy Robert Novak (archive) July 12, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The Rev. Al Sharpton is telling friends he welcomes the sudden rise of Howard Dean to the top tier of Democratic presidential candidates because the former governor of Vermont dilutes the white vote without attracting African-Americans. Sharpton's strategy is to capture black voters while seven white candidates split the white vote. Off all top tier candidates, Dean has the least African-American support but now is near the lead of the largely white electorate in the first two tests of Iowa and New Hampshire. Sharpton counts on Dean to divide white voters in important primaries in South Carolina and Michigan, where African-Americans play a potentially decisive role. Current polls do not show Sharpton with a majority of black voters, but he aims to raise his totals as the elections near. Sharpton does not regard the only other black candidate, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, as a serious adversary. <snip> story.news.yahoo.com FEC Report: Sharpton Facing Tax Audit Fri Jul 11, 9:27 PM ET By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Al Sharpton is the subject of a federal tax audit, a new financial disclosure report shows. The report, filed with the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) on Thursday by Sharpton attorney Michael Hardy, said Sharpton is facing a civil audit. The Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) audit covers several years in the 1990s, Hardy said. "We don't know what the result will be. They could owe me," Sharpton, a New York-based civil rights activist, said Friday in a telephone interview. Hardy said he didn't know what prompted the audit. Sharpton's report to the FEC also shows that he earned at least $381,900 last year through various enterprises, including $120,000 from Rev. Al Productions for speeches and sermons; $78,000 from the National Action Network, his nonprofit social justice organization; $75,000 from Kensington Publishing for his book, "Al on America;" and $25,000 from PepsiCo. for his work as a member of the company's black advisory board. Presidential candidates are required to file reports with the FEC detailing their finances. Sharpton also earned $25,000 each from a New York-based marketing company he listed as Gobal Hue Inc. and the Detroit-based Hawkins Food Group for consulting work; $30,000 from SPN Broadcasting in suburban Detroit and at least $3,900 from Inner City Broadcasting in New York. The Sharpton campaign told the FEC it couldn't list the sources of honoraria paid to Rev. Al Productions because those records were lost in a January fire that destroyed Sharpton's main business office in New York. It was determined to be an electrical fire, Sharpton said. In addition, records for some of the consulting work were destroyed in the fire so the campaign may have to file corrections, the campaign told the FEC. Sharpton said he will likely earn less this year because of his time spent on the campaign trail. "Clearly I'm not going to be able to do as many lectures and sermons or write a book this year," he said.