It’s OK. Fred could not raise that much money prior to announcing, so for three weeks it is a solid amount of money.
>>>Good news for Fred, bad for the rest.<<<
I’m confused. How is bringing in 8-million in your first quarter good while bringing in 15 and 10 bad in an ongoing campaign?
>>> On the GOP side, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was expected to again lead the pack with about $15 million this quarter, helped by a few more million dollars out of his personal fortune. Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani’s take was expected to run about $10 million<<<
Even if Mitt contributed a few million to his campaign that still puts him way ahead of Thompson in the individual contributions.
“Good news for Fred, bad for the rest.”
“Thompson had more than 70,000 donors, which far outpaces most candidates in both fields in their first quarters as candidates.”
Now that the latest polls are showing Fred Thompson to be the Republican front runner, his fund raising should grow rapidly.
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Fred has something the others don’t. It’s not a big pile of money, It’s not a small handful of ultra rich contributors. It’s the ability to connect with people. Everyday run of the mill ordinary Joe’s and Fred’s. People who will contribute a hundred dollars now and another hundred when they can. And maybe another couple hundred if he needs it after the debates. Serious donors who are regular voters. Unlike these twenty five dollar first time donor and first time voter types Obama and Hillary will attract. My feeling is that after he dispatches his gop opponents things will really look up. Once America sees him in the debates Hillary will be the one desperately in need of funds. She will need more than just Chinese money to beat Fred.