Archive for 'Fundraising'
Obama’s Issue with Public Funding
Join the forum discussion on this postObama is the first candidate in about forty years to forego public financing. His campaign says that it’s part of Obama’s new way of doing things, i.e. small donors giving ordinary amounts to fuel the campaign - no lobbyists or special interest groups.
But his opponents are trying to […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Obama, McCain, Fundraising.
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Has Clinton Already Lost?
Despite her campaign fighting tooth and nail to stay alive, and her advisers saying “a win is a win”, could it be that the she-Clinton has already lost? Although most pundits view the money race as only secondary to the actually primaries, there’s no doubt that funds play a large role. Maybe it’s just that […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2008 under Clinton, Obama, Fundraising, Primary.
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Spending Campaign Funds Ain’t for Sissies
Presidential candidates have to start spending earlier than ever. And with the early primaries all crammed together, this means having complete organizations in place in at least four separate states, travel costs including charter jets, and advertising. Outflow is overtaking inflow.
Biggest spending Republican candidate is Romney, at $21 million between July and […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Fundraising.
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Isn’t It Just Mean?
Seriously, a candidate needs endorsements and $$ in order to win, and just how much will be rolling in at a debate?
Rudy Giuliani was not the only republican candidate to skip the Morgan State debate hosted by PBS talk-show host Tavis Smiley . Other no-shows were Fred, Mitt, and John McCain also thwarted by […]
Posted: October 1st, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Debate Coverage, Fundraising.
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Dems and Finance Reform?
Join the forum discussion on this postOne of the things that we always hear Democrats talk about is finance reform. Obama, Clinton, Edwards, all of them really. But, as we have seen this may not be the case, such as the hedge fund donations to the Democrat campaigns, and the Edwards investments. Now it’s […]
Posted: September 5th, 2007 under Clinton, Edwards, Fundraising, Finance Reform.
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Link Sandwich 8/28/07 (without the bun)
Candidate Mashup (debate) to be sponsored by Slate.com along with Yahoo and the Huffington Post. All 8 candidates will sit for a 15 min. interview with Charlie Rose. Three questions will be asked. You can send yours in text, audio or video to: questionthecandidates@slate.com. Be there or be square. Save […]
Posted: August 28th, 2007 under News, Clinton, Obama, Thompson, Edwards, Ron Paul, Links Post, Debate Coverage, Fundraising, Mortgage Issue.
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Fundraising, Terrorism, Healthcare, and Lobbyists
No, all those things in the title aren’t related. They were just all covered in a Washington Post article, actually 4 articles in the A Section. It’s a good summary of what’s going on in politics today.
As everyone has probably heard (we even linked to an article in our Link Sandwich 7/31) Fred Thompson […]
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under Obama, Healthcare, Giuliani, Thompson, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Fundraising.
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