Now I have been harsh on Mike Huckabee’s fundraising in the past (here and here), but he is putting together a great team. The question for him has always been how he would do in fundraising. Under the theory of, if your numbers are bad, get them out early, he Read more…
In about 12 hours, the Q1 fundraising numbers get filed. Chuck Todd has a great summary of the implications, and the Hotline has predictions. Hotline also has the Romney campaigns internal memo about how to interpret results. First, new donors are much harder to find than existing donors. One question Read more…
This is great stuff. I’m just going to quote: McCain: Up until last weekend, I was convinced McCain was destined for second place for the quarter. But something about the way McCain softened his financial expectations personally has me nervous that his campaign is having some fun at Mitt Romney’s Read more…
Some people think that Mitt Romney is going to have great fundraising. Others do not. I think that Romney will do well, even $40m. So does Hunter Baker. Jason Bonham insists it is less. However, Jonathan Martin notes that Romney’s national finance co-chairman thinks that’s a little low….
The Globe quotes a political scientist saying Romney can raise $15m in Q1. That’s silly. Hotline says more like $30m with $7m from LDSers. My money is closer to $40m. The Globe needs better political scientists. Or at least ones that read Hotlineblog.
Earlier, I commented on the spin surrounding Mike Huckabee’s $500k fundraiser. As always happens with fundraising claims, the truth does come out: About 27 people or entities accounted for roughly $450,000 of the total, At most 100 more people (and several couples were represented in that number) contributed the rest at $500 Read more…
Mitt Romney had a gangbuster day yesterday. He raised a lot of money. His top-notch staff handled the press beautifully. We can expect a series of announcements in the next couple of days about people he has signed up to maintain the momentum. Senator Jim DeMint, it seems the last Read more…
I’ve slammed Mitt Romney a bunch, but this is a great idea. The Globe and Hotline both have great coverage. Hotline points out that Romney already has pledges for over $1m. I wouldn’t be surprised by $2m or even $3m. The goal here is clearly for Romney to scare people Read more…
Mitt Romney announced a group of people from his national Finance Committee. Hotlineblog has good commentary that I’ll just quote: But one new name stands out: Ted Welch, the Tennessee investment banker who masterminded Sen. Lamar Alexander‘s (R-TN) $20 million haul in 1996 and who, since he the RNC’s finance Read more…
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee held a fundraiser for his Hope for America PAC. It raised $500,000 from 350 people present, according to the blog of the Arkansas Republican Assembly. It got some good press and blog attention from Redstate, Kos, and others. But something is off here. And that’s why Read more…