Update: Since writing this, Glen Johnson at the AP has written on the whole Romney/porn story. He quoted Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council. At the very least, this puts an exclamation point on my second point below. Clearly the Focus/FRC operation has engaged for Thompson and Read more…
Details from Mike DuHaime on Rudy Giuliani: 60k donors. Thinks that this can grow. Lower than McCain’s and Romney’s. $33m raised for this cycle $11m spent in Q2 $18m CoH and $0 debt "Finance numbers catching up polling numbers" Campaign contnuing to grow: Active in 12 states "Only candidate who Read more…
That’s certainly what this looks like. Attacking a guy on his strength is usually a good strategy.
So, Pollster.com , from Survey USA, has some interesting data about the Libby Sentence Commutation. I am not actually interested at all in writing about the results of the poll regarding Libby. (although it was fascinating how disconnected conservative voters are from the conservative chattering classes) I’ve presented the partisan Read more…
Errr. Conservatives, as in the Conservative Party of Canada: H/T to my friend Stephen, north of the border.
Update: $2m was raised for the general. That means that he raised $15m primary money in Q2 and has $16m in the bank for the primary. Details coming soon. This means that he spent $10m, about half of what Romney spent. And raised $4m more than Romney. And has $6m Read more…
Ok. Mitt Romney was supposed to be the money king. But he only raised $2.8m more than John McCain, according to AP. Between Q1 and Q2 Romney raised, including the $9m from himself, about $44m. And now he has $12m COH. That means that Romney spent $32m, with about $20m Read more…
When Mike Bloomberg switched his registration, I was annoyed that the press never reported that Bloomberg switched to the GOP to avoid a tough primary for NYC mayor. But then, I found this which, perhaps, made the argument more eloquently than I ever could: Has Bloomberg wrapped up the rap Read more…
Now that John McCain’s disappointing numbers are out, there are still a couple more interesting questions remaining: Mitt Romney versus Rudy Giuliani: What does it mean if Rudy raises more money than he did in Q1, but Romney raises less? That seems to be the conventional wisdom. If Romney has Read more…
Ryan Sager has the info. John McCain’s campaign fired about 50 staff, raised $11.2 CoH, and has $2m CoH. That means that they spent about $13m in Q2. Where did that go? Apparently, the strategy is to focus on New Hampshire and South Carolina. I assume this means that they Read more…