Romney campaign turns to shallow pockets(Mittens asking for $3 bucks)

latimes ^ | March 2, 2012 | Matea Gold and Melanie Mason

[Red Steel]

...Washington—

After locking up much of the Republican establishment's heavyweight fundraisers, Mitt Romney is going after the little guy.

"Donate $3 today to be automatically entered to be Mitt's special guest for Election Night on Super Tuesday," reads an email appeal from the Romney campaign to supporters. A dramatic new Web video asks for $20 contributions to fight the "Obama Attack Machine."

The GOP presidential candidate made a similar solicitation after clinching the Michigan primary Tuesday, with a rare personal plea for people to visit his website and "pledge your support — in every way possible."

The pitch reflects a challenge for Romney, one of the wealthiest candidates ever to run for president: He so far has been unable to build a broad base of small donors who can inject fresh cash into his campaign. The need to do so has grown more acute as he heads into next week's Super Tuesday, with contests in 10 states, and subsequent battles in the fight for the GOP nomination.

Though he has outstripped his Republican rivals in fundraising, he also is burning through cash. Romney spent money nearly three times faster than he raised it in January, leaving him with $7.7 million. Since then, his campaign has shelled out at least $2.7 million for television advertising alone, according to sources familiar with the ad buys.

Romney, who put more than $40 million of his own money into his 2008 White House bid, has not yet pulled out his checkbook this year. Campaign officials declined to say whether he was considering doing so.

So far, the former Massachusetts governor has relied on a network of wealthy contributors to finance his run. Just 9% of the nearly $63 million Romney raised through the end of January came from supporters who gave $200 or less,

[Diogenesis]

Romney has taken GOP $$$$$$ to ... attack conservative
GOP candidates.

Romney’s behavior is an evil gift to the DNC and Obama.

[Diogenesis]

Ineligible Mexican with “home” in eight states:
“Give me your money,
and I will bet you $10,000
that I will effectively use it
to destroy yet another conservative GOP candidate.”

[jacknhoo]

I wouldn’t give that scumbag one red cent.

[order66.exe]

Perhaps Mitt should disclose how every $3 donation he’s seeking will be allocated by his campaign. I’m guessing something like $2.97 to power his ads sliming conservatives and $.03 for paying off that bet he made with Governor Perry.

[Whats-wrong-with-the-truth]

Forgive me but please... No obomba opponent will be able to compete with the hundreds of billions of dollars obomba has managed to pilfer from the American taxpayers to fund his re-election campaign. Not even the mighty mormon church has enough money to defeat obomba at the poles (Hell... Not even the American taxpayers have enough money to defeat obomba. He's stolen it all.). The only way... in my opinion, for America to be rid of obomba is for Congress to man up and keep their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic; enemies like barack hussein obomba. Sheriff Joe Arpiao has proven that obomba's released birth certificates are forgeries, are the claims obomba's not even a citizen valid? Congress needs to find out.

JMHO

[I Drive Too Fast]

That is what I was thinking - a $3.00 bill. Would The disgrutled voters of America be better than the disgrutled states of America?