Primary Pocketbook: Who's Giving

Presidential contenders are just starting to make their way through industry circles to raise money for their White House bids, but most have been fielding support from Hollywood for quite some time.

Virtually every presidential prospect has a Leadership PAC and has been raising money quite actively over the past two years. The money that they collect for these PACs cannot be used for their presidential runs, but it can be used to pay for travel across the country, and to give to other candidates. That creates good will among, say, Joe Biden and James Webb. Biden raised money through his Leadership PAC and then gave money to Webb's Senate campaign in Virginia. And because Biden's PAC boosted Webb's campaign coffers, maybe some day Webb be able to return the favor, especially if Biden gets in the race.

Just because donors give to a politician's Leadership PAC doesn't mean that they will support that politico's run for President. Lorne Michaels and Edgar Bronfman Jr., for instance, each gave to multiple politicians' PACs. But their contributions may indicate future support, and at the very least means that they like that person enough to write a check.

Here is a rundown of much of the Hollywood and media giving to these Leadership PACs over the past two years, collected from records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, the Federal Election Commission and the IRS.

Joseph Biden's Unite Our States PAC: AOL exec Kenneth Turner, actress-singer Cher.

Wesley Clark's WesPAC---Securing America's Future: IGN's Kenneth Keller, actor Kris Kristofferson, Peter Morton, producer-writer Jay Sandrich, DreamWorks Animation director Gary Trousdale.

Hillary Clinton's HILLPAC: Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, documentary filmmaker Dale Djerassi, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Donnie Deutsch, BET's Robert L. Johnson, MTV's John Sykes, producer Sid Ganis, producer Nancy Ganis, Haim Saban, Cheryl Saban, composer Jonathan Sheffer, producer Eve Weinstein, producer Jane Rosenthal, director Craig Mowry, actor-comedian Chevy Chase, actress Candice Bergen, producer Judith Zarin, Edgar Bronfman Jr., music executive Clarence Avant.

Chris Dodd's CHRIS PAC: HBO's Richard Plepler, "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels, ICM agent Esther Newberg, Metromedia's John Kluge.

John Edwards' One America Committee: NCTA government relations executive Lori Pepper, philanthropist Edie Wasserman, Skip Paul, "CSI" producer Cheri Shankar, Endeavor's Adam Venit.

Rudy Giuliani's Solutions America PAC: Paramount CEO Brad Grey, actor Kelsey Grammer, investor Carl Icahn, Brillstein-Grey's Jonathan Leibman, James L. Nederlander, James M. Nederlander, former Viacom CFO Michael Dolan, Rainbow Media's Joseph Lhota, News Communications' James Finkelstein.

Chuck Hagel's Sandhills PAC: Sirius senior VP Stan Kozlowski.

John Kerry's Keeping America's Promise PAC: Gunthy Renker's Ben Van de Bunt, attorney Harry Brittenham, Microsoft's Bill Gates, producer Reagan Silbur, writer Frank Darabont, actor Ken Olin, writer Garrison Keillor, producer Eric Hamburg, writer David Amann.

John McCain's Straight Talk America PAC: attorney Jake Bloom, Mosaic Entertainment's Eric Gold, actress Marcy Kaplan Gold, producer Sidney Kimmel, Mosaic Entertainment's Allen Shapiro, producer Tom Werner, News America's Herb Siegel, DreamWorks Animation President Lewis Coleman, DreamWorks Animation chairman Roger Enrico, Cablevision's Robert Lemle, producer Ben Mathis, MGM chairman Harry Sloan, Donald Trump, Mosaic Entertainment's Charles Roven, Walt Disney Co. government relations exec William J. Bailey, NBC Universal chairman Bob Wright, James L. Nederlander, James M. Nederlander, Diane Disney Miller, Dennis Hopper, Time Warner chairman Richard Parsons, actress Tina Sloan McPherson, Time Warner Cable exec VP Carl Rosetti, Time Warner Cable exec VP William Goetz, Time Warner Cable COO Landel Hobbs, National Cable Television Assn.'s Stephen Berry, CAA's Dan Aloni, Showtime CEO Matt Blank. Dick Clark Prods.' Michael Mahan, investment banker Herb Allen, NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow, producer Feodor Pitcairn, "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels.

Barack Obama's HOPE Fund: Investor Warren Buffett, producer Marcy Carsey, director Thomas Carter, actor-comedian Chevy Chase, Ari Emanuel, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Showtime senior VP Roy Langbord, Malco Theaters owner Richard Lightman, producer Margo Lion, producer Amani Martin, producer Thomas Patchett, producer Thomas Schumacher, director Steven Spielberg, director George Stevens Jr., director Oliver Stone, political consultant Marge Tabankin.

George Pataki's 21st Century Freedom PAC: Philip Anschutz, Goodtimes Entertainment's Joseph Cayre.

Mitt Romney's Commonwealth PAC: Donald Trump.

Tom Vilsack's Heartland PAC: producer Norman Lear, Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman Jr., writer Victoria Riskin, Peter Morton, producer-writer Stephen Bing, Shamrock Holdings' Stanley Gold.

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