Romney fundraiser: Donors 'coming out of the woodwork'

The Hill ^ | 4/25/12 | Cameron Joseph

[Libloather]

Romney fundraiser: Donors 'coming out of the woodwork'
By Cameron Joseph - 04/25/12 05:33 PM ET

Mitt Romney's fundraising has skyrocketed since he became the de facto nominee, a top Romney fundraiser told The Hill Wednesday evening.

"People are coming out of the woodwork," said the fundraiser, who requested not to be named. "A number of my friends who didn't want to get involved in the primary are now coming off the sidelines for the general election."

The Romney supporter told The Hill that two recent fundraisers in Florida had netted more than $3 million combined, and said the moment Romney and the Republican National Committee entered into a joint fundraising operation a number of top GOP donors who had been resistant to giving decided to make major donations.

"This all started when we signed the contract with the RNC — that's when the general election really began for us," the fundraiser said. "There's a lot of enthusiasm out there — I can in a week's time raise $1 million for an event."

Romney's schedule is very heavy on fundraising appearances the next month, and if he continues to bring in $1 million or more at most stops he could quickly close the gap with obama in campaign money. Romney finished March with a bit more than $10 million in the bank after having to spend heavily in the primary, while Obama had $104 million cash on hand.

Romney and the RNC have a combined fundraising goal of $800 million, according to a memo obtained by the New York Times. That figure would likely mean Romney outspends Obama — and that doesn't factor in the Republican-aligned outside groups, which are expected to outspend their Democratic counterparts by large margins.

[Libloather]

Wasn't me. I still have a shot of voting for Mr. Newt in a few short weeks.

[Longbow1969]

Romney is going to raise a lot of money. He is very well connected and it would not surprise me if between Willard and the RNC they really do raise 800 million or more. Add in CrossroadsPAC and others and the Republicans might actually have more money than the Dems/Unions this election cycle.

[cripplecreek]

He can raise all the money he wants, he’s still going to get pounded into dust unless he convinces lots of liberals to vote for him.

[gov_bean_ counter]

"Coming out of the woodwork"

No biggie, so do roaches.

[tumblindice]

And out from under rocks, and from Plains, Georgia.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ain’t it the truth.

[cripplecreek]

The Neo Democrat party mascot is the slug.



Or it could be the leech.



Doesn't really matter, both are spineless animals of minimal intelligence.

[Cicero]

The cockroaches and termites are rallying for Mitt.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Yep. All we can do is hope Obama wins now.

[tumblindice]

It’s like this:
Behind door number one: bachelorette Ms. Helen Thomas; behind door number two: bachelorette Ms. Rosie O’Donnell; behind door number three, a ravenous, fourteen foot, man-eating tiger.

Well?

Yeah, I’m leaning toward #3 too, but I’m going to have to think about it some more.
You know what they say about big women: shade in the summer, heat in the winter.
And older women are ... grateful.
Being eaten alive might not be that bad. Maybe he’d bite my head off first. His breath can’t be as bad as the other two.
Maybe she could change? No, no way in .... what about just not opening any of the doors? What if they ALL came out?
Gee.

[JediJones]

Has nothing to do with Romney. If these were Romney’s connections pulling in the money, he would have had it during the primary. These are anti-Obama people who would give the money to whoever the nominee is. The fact that the RNC started joint fundraising with Romney this early is just more reason why every Republican should be pissed that they were disenfranchised by the party before we had elected a nominee. Since when do they not stay unbiased during a primary?

[rogue yam]

He can raise all the money he wants, he’s still going to get pounded into dust unless he convinces lots of liberals to vote for him.

Do you really think that a lot of conservatives who held their noses and voted for Juan in 2008 will now not vote for Mittens against an Obama who has so thoroughly demonstrated himself?

I don't.

[rogue yam]

Has nothing to do with Romney. If these were Romney’s connections pulling in the money, he would have had it during the primary. These are anti-Obama people who would give the money to whoever the nominee is.

I think it is both Romney supporters and ABO types. I think some Romney supporters didn't donate or donate much during the primaries because they expected Mitt to win eventually and didn't want their money spent running negative ads against the other GOP candidates.

[rogue yam]

Yep. All we can do is hope Obama wins now.

Really?

[Peter from Rutland]

Good news, he’ll need it. The WSI is working hard to deny Obama the donations he got from Wall Street and others and it’s showing. Obama is way down from expected levels.

[cripplecreek]

I have no intent of voting for Romney, he’s a democrat and a scumbag.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Romney fundraiser: Donors 'coming out of the woodwork'

Rats usually do.

[Aria]

I will vote for Romney, he’s not a Communist anti-American racist.

[cripplecreek]

I really don’t care how willing you are to vote for the Neo Democrat party candidate. He’s a scumbag socialist and I’m actively campaigning against the architect of socialized medicine.

[mo]

Any principled conservative, at this point, has little choice other than Virgil Goode...

[rogue yam]

I have no intent of voting for Romney, he’s a democrat and a scumbag.

I understand that this is true for you and a number of others here on FR.

My question to you was whether you thought a significant number of those who voted for McCain in November, 2008 will now not vote for Romney.

[cripplecreek]

Conservatives need to realize that the GOP no longer has any intent of representing us. If they did, they wouldn’t accept the nomination of a democrat. The party has slammed the door in our faces. Sure they’ll be back to beg, cry, and threaten when they realize how badly they’re going to lose but they’ve called our bluff one too many times.

[cripplecreek]

I voted for McCain last time despite not liking him.

I’m actively campaigning against Romney.

[Aria]

I’m actively campaigning against Romney.

So since Obama is the other other viable candidate it would seem you are supporting him?

[cripplecreek]

I’m not supporting Obama because unlike you I’m not voting for either democrat.

[Aria]

I can see how you can argue that Romney is a Democrat....but I can argue that Obama is a Democrat in name only since he actually is a Communist Racist Muslim. This, as you know, is not hyperbole. I will not take the risk for him to be re-elected and finish us off.

Choose your poison.

[GenXteacher]

I wouldn’t piss on Myth Romney if he were on fire. He stands for gun control, gay marriage, and socialized medicine- all things which he has actually done, not theoretically might do. I’ll not give a dime to his campaign, nor vote for him.

[SoConPubbie]

Romney is going to raise a lot of money. He is very well connected and it would not surprise me if between Willard and the RNC they really do raise 800 million or more. Add in CrossroadsPAC and others and the Republicans might actually have more money than the Dems/Unions this election cycle.

Yeah, money without principles, he tried the same thing in 2008, remind me how that worked out then?

Maybe he is counting on nobody remembering his lousy rotten lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal record, or maybe he and the GOP-E are going to trot out the tried and true, "Our guy isn't as evil as their guy" nonsense.

[cripplecreek]

As I said, I don’t really care. My conscience is clear and I’m not going to have to sell my soul.

[SoConPubbie]

I can see how you can argue that Romney is a Democrat....but I can argue that Obama is a Democrat in name only since he actually is a Communist Racist Muslim. This, as you know, is not hyperbole. I will not take the risk for him to be re-elected and finish us off.

There's that hyperbolic, Chicken-Little, The Sky is Falling argument that MittBots are so wont to use to try and badger someone into voting for the lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal.

Nevermind that the American Federal Government is designed with it's seperation of powers to stop such an occurance from occuring.

Nevermind that the GOP will have one or both of the houses of the Legislative branch to absolutely stop Obama in his tracks if he attempted such nonsense.

And finally, Nevermind the 120 million+ guns in the hands of freedom-loving Americans that would never let this happen, just close your eyes to the truth about Romney being a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal and let the propaganda of fear wash over you and you head to the ballot box and keep you from remembering your principles, morals, and ethics.

Seems an irrational fear is all they have in the form of ammunition to support their boy Mitt Romney.

[cripplecreek]

I actually feel pretty good about being free of the Grand Old Plantation.

Massa can pick his own damn cotton.

[Brimack34]

He is going to have to pay people to support him just like the primary. He has no grass roots support.

[citizen]

Excellent! I’ll be sending in another very modest contribution soon. (Ya gotta pay to play. :)

[TexasFreeper2009]

I saw a chart the other day that showed how poorly Romney is doing in fundraising, and what was most shocking about it was how FEW people were actually giving money to him.

[citizen]

Aria, don’t let the self-appointed discourage you from voting for whomever YOU CHOOSE.

Keep your eye on the prises: Keeping the House, gaining control in the Senate and winning the Presidency. Obama is the enemy.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Two photos of Helen Thomas in her younger days

[citizen]

Right you are. Campaigning against the Republican nominee = campaigning for the socialist Obama. It’s really that simple, isn’t it?

They want to gussey it all up with hi-falutin’ language but you are either working against Obama or you’re working for him.

I work against him.

[citizen]

Related article: Romney fundraiser: Donors ‘coming out of the woodwork’

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/223793-top-romney-fundraiser-donors-coming-out-of-the-woodwork

[rogue yam]

As I said, I don’t really care. My conscience is clear and I’m not going to have to sell my soul.

I'm actually way more concerned about the future of America than I am about any of this.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

I thought we were going to show the GOP high ups what it means when you give us something less than a conservative. You lose and you get four more for the commie.

[Aria]

Thanks! I am not suicidal and don’t see any real point in arguing with those who are.

If this were a normal opponent maybe they would have something of a point, but Obama seeks to destroy us in so many way - we have a true enemy in the WH.

Only a fool and/or a Democrat would risk 4 more years of Obama.

[sand88]

I’m not supporting Obama because unlike you I’m not voting for either democrat.

Well stated. Mitt is a hard-core Statist. If people believe things will be better with Mitt they are truly delusional.

Mitt will do nothing to reign in government. At the end of his term, the RATS will walk in with all the new voters, thanks to Mitt's strong embrace of Amnesty.

Conservatives need to know that ALL of Mitts failures will relentlessly be blamed on one thing --- CONSERVATIVES.

The Press, the left and most RINOs will have a field day assigning ALL the ills to the Conservative policies of Mitt. The reality is NONE of Mitt's policies will be Conservative.

So, for all the fools who will vote for Mitt know that Conservatives will be royally screwed by the end of his four years.

[SoConPubbie]

I'm actually way more concerned about the future of America than I am about any of this.

That's exactly the point many of us, including CrippleCreek are trying to make.

With Romney, we don't only have to go through his inevitable Progressive Liberalism, as he no longer has to pay attention to conservatives, but we will also have to deal with the aftermath, the destruction, just like in MA, of the National GOP as a home of conservatives, because he is going to destroy the GOP by his dalliances with the Left-wing.

[who knows what evil?]

Romney...turning America into Massachusetts. I will vote for Goode or write in Palin. I am more worried about being judged by G-d for caving on my principles than any earthly elections...no Romney. America didn’t want a conservative, so let the chips fall where they may.

[Eye of Unk]

What to do if Romney drops out or quits?

[cripplecreek]

Mitt will do nothing to reign in government. At the end of his term, the RATS will walk in with all the new voters, thanks to Mitt's strong embrace of Amnesty.

Agreed, he's not going to touch the EPA, he's not going to do anything to rein in the marxist indoctrination in our schools. He's not going to cut spending or do anything to help the economy in any appreciable way. He's not going to stop wasting money on green energy scams. He won't do anything to encourage an expansion of our freedoms.

He's nothing but the candidate for people who don't have the courage to switch parties and become democrats and I refuse to accept their blame or their tantrums.

[cripplecreek]

I am more worried about being judged by G-d for caving on my principles than any earthly elections...no Romney. America didn’t want a conservative, so let the chips fall where they may.

Exactly. If America is lost, there's little chance that I alone can save her but at least I can face my maker knowing I actually tried.

[rogue yam]

You know a great deal about what Mitt will and won’t do if he becomes President.

I know much less about this than you do.

[rogue yam]

I think we can all agree that it is your self-regard that is most important here.

[rogue yam]

With Romney, we don't only have to go through his inevitable Progressive Liberalism, as he no longer has to pay attention to conservatives, but we will also have to deal with the aftermath, the destruction, just like in MA, of the National GOP as a home of conservatives, because he is going to destroy the GOP by his dalliances with the Left-wing.

I have a different expectation as to how Mitt will govern if elected than you do.