Posted on 08/01/2006 5:30:51 PM PDT by GOPXtreme20
McClintock Holds Big Fundraising Advantage; Garamendi Continues to Struggle
Since he began his campaign for Lt. Governor, state Senator Tom McClintock has topped the $3 million mark in fundraising, and is closing in on having $2 million cash on hand, substantially increasing his fundraising lead over rival John Garamendi.
As of June 30th, McClintock reported having more than $1.5 million cash on hand and $18,199 in unpaid bills. Garamendi reported having $408,238 with outstanding debts of $215,533. In real terms, McClintock has $1.5 million to Garamendi’s $188,000.
“Tom McClintock is in a very strong position to become California’s next Lt. Governor,” said John Feliz, the campaign’s chief political strategist and campaign director. “In addition to the fundraising advantage, McClintock enjoys enormous grassroots support and strong, positive name identification from the 2003 recall campaign.”
Earlier this year, The Field Poll showed McClintock’s image is strong with California voters. McClintock earned the highest net favorable rating of any candidate, Republican or Democrat. Another Field Poll showed him with the highest opposition party appeal of any candidate, Republican or Democrat.
Raising money at the grassroots level is a longstanding strength of McClintock. Of the more than $3 million total raised, more than 36,000 have come from individual contributions. In contrast, Garamendi’s money came from 2,186 contributions.
McClintock also outpaced Garamendi since the primary election in contributions over the $5,000 threshold, collecting $193,100 to Garamendi’s $171,700.
Oh no. That can't be. Our resident RINO apologist FO, says that Tom could only get 33% without Arnold and his homo-loving, baby-killng, Earth-hugging fifth-column agenda boosting McClintock who's just along for the ride. There HAS to be a mistake.
This is good news to hear, and his near-successful run for state Controller in 2002 is probably boosting him.
Is there any word on the other down-ballot CA statewide races?
Mac is one of the few CONSERVATIVES left in Taxifornia's government. He would be a fine governor.
Had SchwarzenKennedy not stuck his biceps in the recall race, McClintock would have turned CA around as Governor.
Sadly, the Field Poll shows McClintock losing by a 48%-38% margin. All the other Republicans, except for Arnold and the Controller race, are trailing.
Had SchwarzenKennedy not stuck his biceps in the recall race, McClintock would have turned CA around as Governor.
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Yeah, that is what happens to you when you sleep with a Kennedy -- just ask Marylin and MaryJo...
Arnold needs to put his neck out for Tom..... if Arnie is winning he may be able to tag Tommy along.... otherwise the rats will vote "D" all the way...
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"Schwarzenegger, a prodigious fund-raiser, helped McClintock amass about $500,000 for his 2004 Senate race. This year, McClintock has been invited to meet-and-greets with well-heeled Schwarzenegger donors. "
The governor could also help generate publicity for McClintock and earn him crossover appeal with independents and Democrats. If the governor solidly wins re-election, McClintock and other Republican candidates for statewide office could ride his coattails.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582375/posts
MegaDitto!
He could, but he hasn't. Given your prior post, it appears the CRP will leave McClintock high-and-dry. Schwarzenegger seems to be running one of those "Embarrassed to be a Republican" campaigns. Your prior post: Brtilliant strategy, if you want Angelides to win. Sure, you want Arnold to trot out McClintock and run on "McClintock is conservative" to get 35% of the voters vote for him, if he is lucky, and 65% AGAINST him.
We need Arnold and Tom to win this election.
The Field poll is skewed way to the left. The results this far out are meaningless. The press love to quote it, but it's an awful poll and always have been.
Arnold will win in a landslide. He has an inept, unlikeable dweeb of an opponent that even the democrats don't like.
In the meantime, we have some down-ticket races that really need some publicity. I sure hope the CA GOP stops throwing money into Arnold's campaign and starts to focus a bit on the other 7 statewide Republican candidates.
FairOpinion will do everything in her power to assure that Tom does not out-poll Arnold. I think it important to assure that JimRob notices the backstabbing has already begun.
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Are there enough Republicans in California for this guy to win especially a conservative. I know President Reagan won but who was the opponent at the time. That could have had a play in the results.
Prior to 1992, California was the most reliably Republican state in the Union, giving it's huge block of electoral votes to Bush I, Reagan, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, Nixon, [Johnson], Nixon, Eisenhower, Eisenhower etc. 63% of Californians voted to recall Gray Davis in 2003. 62% of Californians voted for marriage being only between one man and one woman in 2000.
There are 5.3 million registered Republicans in California, more than any other state. Moreover the vast majority of Democrats are willing to swing either way, they are not deeply liberal, their party leaders are. Those Democrats and a lot of Republicans have mostly stayed home on election day in recent years (except for things like the Recall and the Marriage Initiative).
California's problems are due to the collapse of the Republican Party grassroots, which began under Pete Wilson on the 1990s. Once the grassroots organization was decimated, it has been difficult to rebuild it, without any office holders and the false message in the media and elsewhere that California is a liberal lost-cause, turning away donors and volunteers.
We can and will come back. It will take place over night and all the pundits will be "surprised" and "stunnned". I won't be. We came close with the Recall, but liberal Arnold messed up the "comeback" If he had stayed out and Issa, Simon, or McClintock had won, the GOP in California would be a force to be reckoned with by now.
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