Posted on 08/30/2008 6:41:30 PM PDT by 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.
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7,000,257.00 I was happy to donate to the McCain/Palin ticket.
That’s a large deer. Sarah shot that?
$7,000,507...
Hey, I just did the unthinkable too...
No.... she stared it into submission!
can you post a Dem pic that looks that believable??
Actually, that’s a medium sized caribou. I don’t believe (I could be wrong) it’s even a member of the deer family. OTOH, the moose is the largest deer and they get even larger than the caribou. There are some very large animals up there and some of them (bears) can be problematic when you’re out in the woods alone.
**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.**
Chickens
I hope someone from the McCain campaign is making the Sunday talk show rounds, providing an updated total including tonight. The response to Gov. Palin has been amazing. I hope people here carry that enthusiasm to conservative candidates across the board. The GOP has a real shot, in my view, to steal back the House. It won’t be easy, but there are a lot of Dem freshmen reps in GOP-leaning districts.
$7,000,561...
I also bought a hat and a couple of stickers along with the donation.
This whole Palin pick has the feel of a "Dan's Bakesale" - - - pent up conservatives will be practically begging her to accept their money - - - she may turn out to be the best fundraiser ever.
Oh, like that!!
I sent in mine earlier today, I probably am in the $7 million, but I had no plans to send anything until Sarah emerged.
Obama's spending like a drunken sailor. No, make that 84,000 druken sailors. He's spent 4X what McCain has and is running even.
Obama and the DNC just pissed away a HUGE amount of money on that convention/stadium gimmick and got SQUAT in return.
Just sent M/P some cash.. Surprised myself, wasn’t expecting to send money in this time.
Palin bump
The strong inflow of new cash and enthusiasm shows that Governor Palin was a wise choice.
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