Posted on 11/21/2015 5:21:54 PM PST by RC one
A super PAC supporting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will place an ad buy in Ohio today.
Right to Rise, the super PAC supporting Bush, won't release specific figures on the buy, but it's the latest case of GOP presidential contenders paying attention to a state that isn't one of the initial primary contests.
A source familiar with current TV ad buys says the buy is or $315,402 - with the bulk of that going to cable and just $4,395 going to a Fox affiliate. The total buy in Columbus is $109,349, on stations including TNT, HGTV and USA.
Billionaire Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the state on Monday. Bush was here a few months ago, and several GOP hopefuls attended the Koch Brothers annual summit during August in Columbus.
"We think Ohio is wide open, and we plan to talk about Jeb's record and message of disrupting Washington," said Paul Lindsay, a spokesman for Right to Rise. "This is going to be a long process that will not be decided by March 15 , so Ohio's Republican primary voters are going to play an important role in the nomination process."
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
In December 2014, Jeb began fundraising for his Presidential race. Like many candidates, he has taken advantage of a loophole in federal election fundraising laws to set up a Super Political Action Committee (PAC), called Right to Rise. That allowed Jeb to meet with supporters ahead of formally announcing his campaign. As of June 30th 2015, Right to Rise has raised over $103 million. In addition, Jeb's proper, legal campaign raised $11 million since he announced his candidacy.
Many Jeb Bush supporters are people and companies directly or indirectly involved in the real estate business, owing largely to Jeb's 35 years in the industry. For example, John C. Cushman III, Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield and Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO of the BlackStone Group LP (BX) have contributed $300,000 and $100,000 respectively to Right to Rise. (See also: How Much Does It Cost To Become President?)
They weren't, however, the biggest contributors. Helen Schwab, wife of Charles Schwab, donated $1.5 million to Right to Rise. Miguel Fernandez contributed more than $3 million, making him the largest individual contributor to Right to Rise. Robert Penske gave $250,000. Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, donated $100,000. Jeb’s brother George gave $95,000 and their father threw in $125,000. Bank of America Corp (BAC) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Thomas Montag donated $100,000.
Montag wasn’t the only financial services bigwig who gave money to Right to Rise. Federal Election Commission records show that numerous employees of Bank of America, Citigroup Inc (C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Metlife Inc. (MET) and Morgan Stanley (MS) contributed to his campaign, with one Barclay’s employee donating $250,000.
Marco Rubio's highly touted debate performance on Wednesday has already yielded a significant tangible benefit: The Republican presidential candidate has snagged the support of mega-donor Paul Singer, in a move that will be widely seen in the political world as a blow to struggling rival Jeb Bush. One of the party's most prolific and hard-to-please donors, Singer gave more than $16 million to candidates and political committees in the last four years, according to records on file with the Federal Election Commission. Fiscally conservative and socially moderate, the hedge-fund manager has donated to conservative candidates and causes, such as pro-Israel groups, former Ambassador John Bolton, and the Tea Party Patriots, but he has steered many of his contributions to his own super political action committee, American Unity, which supports Republicans who back gay rights. He gave $1 million to Restore Our Future, the super-PAC supporting Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, and he supported former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 2008 White House bid.
An interesting FR article about mega donor Paul Singer posted by yours truly earlier today.:
How does Gov Kasich feel about Jeb buying Ohio?
Look for Trump’s poll numbers to go up in Ohio.
Was visiting Ohio last week and Jeb’s TV ads were already plastering the airwaves.
If Jeb Bush wipes out Kasich, I am NOT going to cry!
LOL! Jeb failed to change his last name in his latest attempt to remake him himself. Oops ! Sorry Jeb.. your still a Bush
All part of Jeb’s clever plan to switch parties in January and run against Hillary in the Democrat primaries.
I’ve seen his ads already too and they are pathetic.
Who cares? I want neither for president.
You’re serious ..?? You think Jeb believes he can “switch parties” and the DemocRATS would elect a BUSH over Clinton ..?? The DemocRATS HATE BUSH (actually, anybody named BUSH).
You gotta be high on something!
re: dragging out the process.
Some candidates are slow learners. Some consultants know how to exploit their candidate.
Mind you, he gets things done: иначе inache
Seems you don’t know the history. It was a response to an asinine absurd question and comment to him by a media hack. The gif is appropriate to use when responding to other stupendously stupid questions and comments.
So there ya go.
The Cheap Labor Express can spend whatever they want, they will be unable to elect Yeb!
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