Democrats Kicking Republican Ass in Fundraising
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on April 18th, 2007 10:24 am by HL
GOP Funk: Top Dems Have Twice As Many Donors
Politico.com
Excerpt
From Congress to the presidential campaign, Republican fund raising is lagging while Democratic donations are surging.
Yet beneath the record-breaking million-dollar totals lies another statistic that could be more ominous in 2008 for Republicans: a yawning gap between the presidential primary fields’ donor bases. According to campaign figures, the Democrats’ top three candidates received donations from about 204,000 individuals. The first-tier Republican trio drew checks from 110,000, roughly half as many. That donor disparity helped give the Democrats a big first-quarter financial advantage.
The Democrats’ top three candidates reported having $61 million in cash at the end of the quarter, compared with $29 million posted by the top Republicans. Of the nine presidential hopefuls who raised more than $1 million, six are Democrats, compared with three Republicans. Two of the Democrats’ second-tier candidates — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd — matched or beat the quarter-end cash balance of the Republican front-runner, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
HLs Take
The Dems are getting way more donation because people have realized that Republicans only care about war, and more profit for themselves and their business cronies, and screw the people. At this point I would say that no republican has a chance to win the presidency. America will be a lot better off for it. Maybe this time people won’t forget the peace and prosperity of The Clinton administration to vote for the war mongerers as they did last time due to media manipulation on an unimportant matter that had nothing to do with governing.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
The Democrats are getting more money because they are bleeding the people who they want to vote for them. It is a case of hypocracy beyond all measure. They patronize poor people and continue to claim that the republicans are the money people. “If you want to live like a republican then you better vote for the democrats” Bill Clinton and orther dems like to say that to the camara from time to time. So what in the end are the democrats saying to the people who vote for them when they rake in all these union contributions.? Is Hillary getting chinese campaign contributions like al gore did? It sounds like the dems are singing a familiar song.
Money, get away
get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K.
money, it’s a gas
grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
new car, caviar, four star daydream
think I’ll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I’m alright, Jack, keep your hands off my stack
money, it’s a hit
don’t give me that do goody good bullshit
I’m in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
and I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it’s a crime
share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie
money, so they say
is the root of all evil today
but if you ask for a rise it’s no surprise that they’re
giving none away, away, away
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha yeah!!@!! Buck out!!!!!!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am
What’s wrong HL you don’t want people knowing the truth. It’s not my fault that it has taken Hillary this long to get the small amount of money she has. It’s not my fault that Obama is kicking her butt in fund raising. should tell you something about what the people think of Hillary. You can brag all you want about how much money the democrats have but its not the money that wins it’s the person. Besides the democrats have never been able to keep up with the republicans when it comes to fund raising because there aren’t as many democrats as republicans. So when the republicans do get serious about fund raising than we will see who has the most. Oh and by the way who was it that had to borrow millions of dollars for their party. Give you a hint it wasn’t the Republicans.