McCain Gets $7 Million Bounce from Palin Pick

Washington Post ^ | 8/30/08 | Matthew Mosk

[ricks_place]

Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today.

The money bounce may owe to Palin's appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire -- after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be permitted to raise private money for the campaign.

That will not, however, stop McCain and Palin from raising money for the Republican National Committee. In coming weeks, McCain will host four megafundraising events in major cities aimed at bolstering the accounts of the party. Palin, meanwhile, will be sent out to headline more than a dozen fundraising events for the RNC.

Shortly before Palin's announcement, one senior RNC official said McCain's pick "better like doing fundraising."

Like almost everything else she does, hosting these events will be something of a new experience for Palin. When running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Palin raised a total of just $468,400.

Incidentally, Bill Burton, a spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama, declined to reveal how much money the Democratic nominee took in after his speech to 84,000 supporters in Denver and 38 million television viewers.

[nikos1121]

zogby has mac 47 to 45 from fri afternoon.... NO BOUNCE

[calex59]

Incidentally, Bill Burton, a spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama, declined to reveal how much money the Democratic nominee took in after his speech to 84,000 supporters in Denver and 38 million television viewers.

This little sentence says something very significant.

[RED SOUTH]

Let’s see results on monday. Bet there is a bounce!

[mnehring]

Because they where still polling from the convention. Wait until next week when they can gather fresh data.

[black_diamond]

Correction, it’s now $7,000,050.

[frankjr]

“.... NO BOUNCE”

Well there was a bounce by Thursday, unfortunately for Obama, Palin deflated Barry’s bounce on Friday.

[Paperdoll]

That doesn’t include my modest contribution going by snail mail. John McCsin 2008, P.O. Box 16118, Arlington, VA., 22215 LET’S UP THE ANTE!

[grey_whiskers]

Cheers!

[big'ol_freeper]

I made the largest donation I have ever made to a campaign. I would not have made any donation had McCain not selected a running mate with solid conservative values at his/her core.

[carpediem365]

7,000,100

[jwalsh07]

LOL. You are a curmudgeon!

[doc1019]

LOL!

Correction again, it’s now $7,000,150. ;-)

[TexasAg]

I made the largest donation I have ever made to a campaign. I would not have made any donation had McCain not selected a running mate with solid conservative values at his/her core.

Same here. Never donated before, but this pick sealed the deal.

[Sans-Culotte]

7,000,157 (I also ordered a yard sign).

[NonValueAdded]

must have been pennies

[trublu]

I also made my largest campaign donation ever. It felt great.

[BossLady]

I love it!!! How about a ‘Sarahcuda’ with DNC between teeth! LOL!

[mnehring]

Correction to my previous, I see what you are saying. McCain is beating Obama, 47 to 45, he neutralized the post convention bounce for Obama.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1547

[dbehsman]

I originally swore that I would not donate one penny to McCain. I would vote against Obama by voting McCain, but I would not finance McCain.

"John McCain wants to take the money out of politics, well by golly I'll make sure that MY money stays out of his politics."

That's what I said to myself and fellow Republicans.

I've changed my mind now. I don't care if people call me a flip flopper or weak. I'm donating to the campaign and I am voting FOR McCain/Palin. I'm donating not just to help McCains campaign, but also to send a message.

I hope that ALL of the RINO's out there are paying attention to this. I hope they see the valuable lesson in all of this. Squishiness doesn't get you solid support, it gets you squishy support. Holding to Conservatism will get you solid support.