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$100M needed?
Submitted by Jane Aitken on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 01:10
According to this article, in order to keep in the primaries, a candidate needs to have raised $100M overall. http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/01/fueled-by-recor... » |
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Income Tax
some of us will be getting back income tax... then perhaps we too can max out :)
Burn Rate
Most of the other candidates have a very high burn rate for their campaign funds. If I remember correctly, Giuliani has already spent more than $30 M as has Romney.
Romney had spent everything he has raised through the 3rd quarter, plus another $7-8 M he had loaned his campaign. He had to throw in another $7-8 M just to have cash on hand.
Huckabee recently hired Ed Rollins and he doesn't come cheap.
Plus you have to remember all the campaigning done by the Ron Paul volunteers at no cost to the campaign.
jmeagan
Hey maybe we could get the
Hey maybe we could get the Federal Reserve to loan it to us at say... 2% interest oh wait a minute... LOL!
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Don't forget the GOP
When he gets nominated by the GOP, he gets a huge boost of campaign cash from them.
Doubt it applies here
Analysts with 6 digit incomes, consultants taking 10% off the top, big gala ballrooms catering 5 star cuisine, private helicopters, yeah, I guess 100mil might burn pretty fast. Fortunately the good doctor is a bit more frugal.
This is the Paul campaign,
This is the Paul campaign, and all bets are off! Sure, Billary or Obama will need $100M to compete against each other, but that's because they would have to PAY the 85,000 people that RP has working for him for FREE! Just how much money is THAT worth? Have you even SEEN the videos of the hundreds of people who have pulled up stakes and moved to New Hampshire and Iowa and are camping out and slogging through the snow every single day NOT for money, but because they love their guy? How much do you suppose Hillary would have to pay for THAT kind of support? Forget it. You can't BUY the kind of passion and effort that Dr. Paul's campaign is showing. I haven't really looked, but I would SINCERELY like somebody to post a youtube video of people spending their lives without pay slogging through the snow door to door in NH or IA to get Giuliani, Huck, Hil, Bama, or ANYBODY else elected (Kucinich excepted; his people have the same kind of passion. I saw Kucinich signs at the Rose Parade today). Oh, yeah, money can buy bodies, but only PAUL can buy SPIRIT and PASSION!
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Independent Campaign Expenditures
The Ron Paul campaign has raised serious money in direct contributions to the campaign. However, we must not lose sight of the vast sums that are being used independently with people donating their time, talent, energy, material and money to lift the campaign, the candidate and the message! No other campaign even comes close!
One dollar in direct donation to the campaign may be worth five or more when independent expenditures are factored in. Just the synergy in the Ron Paul campaign is priceless!
The question is will we get an accurate vote count. No amount of money can offset a corrupt election process.
Hear Hear
(and to Freeman above)
Listen to me and listen
Listen to me and listen closely. If Bloomberg enters as an independant, 100,000 of us better be prepared to drop $2300 in one shot for a one day total of 230 Million. Bloomberg will dump 2-4 billion if he runs, trust me... A million giving $2300 is a stretch to get 2.3 billion so we are going to need PAC help on the rest..
thats my 2 cents
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If Bloomberg DOES do that... It's OK...
All he will likely accomplish is to cost himself $2-4Billion -- no one, and I mean NO ONE can simply "buy" the Presidency (Ask Steve Forbes, or Ross Perot).
But I suppose I should correct myself. Bloomberg doing that will accomplish MORE than simply spending a barge-load of cash...
...he will also take away a MINOR but SIGNIFICANT amount of the vote from the Democratic Nominee (and any possible Pro-War Republican as well).
Possibly enough that -- on the off-hand chance that Ron Paul DOESN'T win the Republican Nomination -- that he could then run and WIN under an Independant, or Libertarian Party and/or Constitution Party banner.
But regardless, Bloomberg would be a Hilary-killer (and if necessary, Rudy-killer as well).
I don't think we need as
I don't think we need as much money to sell the message, because the message sells itself. But it can't hurt!
Ehh
What's $100 million amongst friends huh?? :) Not a problem especially with a good showing in the early primaries.
True
That is exactly what Ron Paul was saying in early interviews also.
In the past, Republicans usually out raise the Democrats. This year it is the opposite.
I wonder how much money the others raised, I bet they don't announce till they have to because it might just be dwarfed by the RP campaign. Most will still have raised more for the year, but Ron has the momentum. It is already getting us press.