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The Politco’s Mike Allen had the scoop on Fred Thompson yesterday. Race42008′s HeavyM pulled out a couple of important points but did not really elucidate. So let’s work on some details. First, the fundraising. As I said in April: Fourth, look at the timing that is being discussed. Novak says June. This freezes the money [...]
Jonathan Martin has the details for Rudy and Mitt. I would note that Romney raised $6m more online than Rudy. That’s remarkable. Update: Hotline has more details and Jonathan has the DNC’s attack on Rudy’s fundraising. Several things are clear: Romney only raised $2m more online than Rudy, not 6. They just counted online-managed in [...]
Duncan Hunter is also at $500,000. That’s pretty sad, considering his role in leadership. Jim Gilmore is at $200,000, probably. Again, this merely confirms that there are three tiers, the big three, Sam Brownback, and the rest. Unless something drastic happens, Brownback is the only one who is in a position to "pop" in Iowa.
Michael Barone discusses the apparent transfer of votes between Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson and poses the following question and answer: But they must also be people who believe Giuliani and Thompson have something in common that they’d like to see in the White House. What is that? … Strong leadership at a time when [...]
Update: Kung Fu Quip confirms my back-of-the-envelope calculations on Romney’s fundraising. Actually, he quotes Romney confirming it. Last night, I spent a lot of time on the phone with fundraisers and campaign operatives from around the country gossiping about the fundraising numbers. Here are some thoughts that emerged. First, Romney’s results speak to the strength [...]
Sam Brownback got $2m. That’s 4x Mike Huckabee. That’s good for him. John McCain got $12.5m. Not so good… He is expected to have a high burn rate. What’s the COH? Read the statement for a little self-flagellation.. All in all, Mitt Romney won the day.
Mitt Romney loaned his campaign $2.5m, according to Hotline. That was a goof for two reasons. The first is that it steps on his own story. The second is that he had suggested that he shouldn’t need to do that: Romney himself said later that contributing any of his personal wealth to the campaign "would [...]
Update: Romney loaned himself a big chunk of change… Mitt Romney posted $23m raised. Hotline has the story: Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney raised $23M this quarter, more than enough to top the field of Republican contenders. That Romney was able to squeeze so many low hanging fruit sources in what has inarguably been a rough [...]
They release before Romney, indicating that they don’t want a separate story of their own. That’s the high end of Hotline’s estimate. I assume that he’s not looking for a big comparison to Romney. Apparently only $1m is general election money. COH total of $10m, after transfers. My sense is that means lots of high-dollar, [...]
That’s the number from the Hotline. They note that, for her, that isn’t really that impressive. Furthermore, this is a primary and general number. As the Romney memo notes, this number is a little bunk. The NYT’s Caucus points out results for Joe Biden, $3m, and Bill Richardson, $6m. They also give us a bit [...]
