McCain Top Fund-Raisers Set New Target

MC.no.spin · 09-05-08, 01:26 PM

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If Goals Are Met,
Gap With Obama
Will Start to Close
By BRODY MULLINS and CHRISTOPHER COOPER
September 4, 2008; Page A6

MINNEAPOLIS -- John McCain's top fund-raisers met privately here Wednesday to begin a new effort to raise $100 million in the final two months of the Republican presidential candidate's campaign.

If the target is met, the new financing, combined with the $75 million already raised by the Republican National Committee and the $85 million Sen. McCain will get from the government, would go a long way toward closing the money gap with Democratic rival Barack Obama.

That would give Republicans at least $260 million to spend on Sen. McCain's behalf this fall. Sen. Obama, who starts the general election with money in the bank, hopes to raise an additional $220 million in the next two months, Democratic fund-raisers said.

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McCain Top Fund-Raisers Set New Target - WSJ.com

This is paricularly telling of who has the better organized camp, something I have been saying for a month:

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Sen. McCain's fund-raising operation has rebounded since he emerged as the presumptive Republican nominee. One reason is due to a fund-raising account that allows Republicans to solicit individual donations of as much as about $70,000, far above the normal limit of $2,300 per individual per election.

The account, called the McCain Victory Committee, collects large donations and divvies them up into legally acceptable chunks to other political entities to spend on Sen. McCain's behalf, including the Republican National Committee and state-level Republican parties in key states. Though Democrats have set up a similar system, they haven't merged their various fund-raising committees, making for a more cumbersome procedure for donors.

That's a big omission in properly organizing one's fundraising activities. In today's world, people are simplicity demanding. We are a one-click accustomed consumer now.

This election has really shown a well-run campaign can trump the most unlikely of odds.

GottaHurt · 09-05-08, 03:08 PM

It just goes to show that if Obama the community organizer, can't even run a simple 2500 man campaign efficiently, how the hell is he going to run a 300+ million person economy.

MC.no.spin · 09-05-08, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GottaHurt

It just goes to show that if Obama the community organizer, can't even run a simple 2500 man campaign efficiently, how the hell is he going to run a 300+ million person economy.

It also reflects their cockiness and arrogance in the Obama camp. They are all an under 30 latte drinking elitist crowd, so surrounded by their tribe they lost touch with public opinion. They didn't take this election seriously. Once they got past Clinton they thought it was all down hill.