Posted on 03/04/2015 6:54:26 AM PST by don-o
An unusual request has gone out to wealthy donors writing large checks to support former Florida governor Jeb Bush: Please don’t give more than $1 million right away.
The requested limit, confirmed by multiple people familiar with the amount, may mark the first time that a presidential hopeful has sought to hold off supporters from contributing too much money.
The move reflects concerns among Bush advisers that accepting massive sums from a handful of uber-rich supporters could fuel a perception that the former governor is in their debt. The effort is also driven by a desire to build as broad a pool of donors as possible among wealthier contributors.
So even as Bush is headlining a series of high-dollar events for a super PAC backing his bid, fundraisers have been instructed not to ask donors to give more than $1 million per person this quarter.
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Jeb for sale!
'Country' for sale!
It will take a billion plus to win as President, not counting spending by outside groups. I wouldn’t ignore Bush’s money train.
Jeb for sale!
And I ain’t buying.
Waste of money for the GOPee to try to attract moderates. The base is gone.
Does he know how to set up a private server so his donors can communicate “securely”?
I believe this may be one primary where money is not the deciding factor.
I’m sure the donors are just doing it out of Love...
I guess Jeb wants to avoid the appearance of being a whore.
Too late.
This has to be chamber of commerce types shoveling cash at him. I don’t personally know ANYONE who would even vote for him if he won nomination let alone donate.
May he have all the luck with money buying high political office as did Nelson Rockefeller.
He talked me out of it.
Money down the rat-hole.
You could give the political equivalent of Roseanne Barr all the money in the world, it won’t turn her into a Victoria’s Secret model.
“I have enough cash to bludgeon conservatives and lay down to the Democrat in the general”
Don’t overlook the possibility of campaigns just being ordinary money-laundering operations.
“”He talked me out of it.””
Right! I’ll just go put my checkbook back in my purse for now.
Exactly right.
Jebster is this round’s designated loser.
The Give Obama Power party has committed suicide, they just don’t know it yet.
They’ll have big money donors, they just won’t have voters.
Maybe Jeb could wear bibbed overall,sporting a John Deer cap, while driving around in a 1970’s F150 and hauling a camping trailer? You know pretend he is one of us.
He looks like a good ol’ boy so he must be!
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