Chances are if they make that sort of contribution, they can afford it, and they want to support an idea they believe in.
What might also have qualified Ms. Jewell for the nomination is her open support for an idea of great interest to this administration.
Less than half would support such an idea, which is 17% less than the percentage that supported government health insurance when Bill Clinton first considered it in March of 1993.
This is even truer in Wales, where a mere one in four voters bothered to support the idea of an assembly in the 1997 devolution referendum.
As a student of movements, this one is very well conceived and executed, powerful in its message, and extremely effective at rallying people to believe in an idea and take action to support that idea.
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Overall, there is much perceived unfairness, but little support for the idea that an alternative to capitalism could put that right.
Many like Mr Ignatieff are ready to lend support to the idea of an American empire, moved by a desire to bring people living in failed states out of their disorder and misery, and believing that only America can run such an empire.
Some of the pledges Obama might have to rethink include his proposal to give some homeowners a 10 percent tax credit, an idea that has little support in Congress.
And this reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies, which will encourage them to provide greater value for the money -- an idea which has the support of Democratic and Republican experts.
It is an idea that would enjoy wide support among the American people and offer real hope to the world's oppressed.
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So what happened is it tied support for the troops, you know, to an idea of no arbitrary deadline.
It has an extremely active fan base, and lesser known candidates can get an early boost in conservative support from embracing the idea.
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The White House may be wavering in its support for a government-run health insurance plan, an idea that private insurers loathe.
He also spent on staffing, adding 275 new executives and 540 associates, for a total of 35, 500 employees globally to support the idea that what makes Foot Locker valuable in an industry increasingly dominated by e-commerce is hands-on service.
Here's an idea that Democrats and Republicans can both support: Award any foreign-born student who graduates from a U.S. university a green card along with his or her diploma, as well as any immigrant who starts a business that grows to more than five people on the payroll.
If you have an idea that you want to attract energy and support, this is the place to find that.
The legislation endorsed by three House committees includes language allowing a modest expansion of the co-op experiment, and the idea has broader support in the Senate, where an effort to get a more centrist bill out of the Finance Committee will take on added urgency after Labor Day.
Their aim is to find the next big idea that, with the right support, can be turned into an economic success story.
Yes, you probably will get something out of Social Security, but the idea that it will be enough to support your lifestyle is plainly an illusion.
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The US has said it would support an African-led force, as long as Mali's neighbours backed the idea.
Now, my opponent and his allies in Congress -- and the special interests that support them -- they've got a particular idea of how you grow an economy.
The idea soon morphed into ThePoint.com, an online platform for petitioners to muster support for all sorts of causes.
The bottom line, though, is that the Lib Dems today are voting to delay something that they in their heart of hearts dearly support, namely the idea of fair votes, the concept that everyone's votes should have an equal weight in electing an MP.
For context, consider that back in 1995 Fortune published a story questioning whether venture capital was getting too big and institutionalized to do what it did best: generate big returns for investors by finding an entrepreneur in a garage with a good idea, and giving him the money and support needed to grow.
Although an idea is what often gets investors interested, a business plan is definitely needed to get financial support from them.
The advance provides evidence to support a controversial idea, called multiple-exciton generation (MEG), which theorizes that it is possible for an electron that has absorbed light energy, called an exciton, to transfer that energy to more than one electron, resulting in more electricity from the same amount of absorbed light.
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