RNC loses top fundraiser

[kpete]

Source: Politico

April 05, 2010

RNC loses top fundraiser

In another serious blow to the Republican National Committee, one of its top fundraisers — and its few remaining connections to the traditional GOP donor base — has resigned a senior, unpaid position.

Former Ambassador Sam Fox, a top supporter of George W. Bush who was one of the co-chairmen of the Republican Regents — the RNC's top-level fundraising board — has left the post, two Republican sources said.

Fox, a Missouri businessman who was Bush's ambassador to Belgium, was one of the RNC's few remaining connections to the deep-pocketed Republican establishment and was viewed as the heaviest hitter among its fundraisers.

But Fox was "deeply troubled by the pattern of self-inflicted wounds and missteps," another major Republican fundraiser told me today, and had "lost confidence" in Steele.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/RNC_loses_top_fundraiser.html?showall

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good news!

They are busy destroying themselves...

Let us stand back and enjoy the show!

[TheEuclideanOne]

7. They are destroying themselves?

I am trying to think of what has happened recently to push this guy over the edge. Nothing huge comes to mind. Seriously. If this guy has been a supporter up to recently, he must have endured alot. This is not exactly the first week that the Republican party has done something stupid. One interesting thought is that for each guy who can't take it anymore and quits, there must be a whole bunch more cringing each day in his life as a Republican. Perhaps the rest have become teabaggers.

[Doremus]

8. They are trying to remove Steele. I'm sure once he's out all the rich pukes

who "called it quits" will be back.

[Democat]

12. This is all pressure from above...

To remove Steele. They aren't going to stay away from the GOP as the election approaches.

[Mike Daniels]

18. You nailed it.

I heard on MSNBC that Steele's support comes from the low end contributors to the party. The fat-cats don't like Steele but as he has more support where it ultimately counts he won't being going anywhere anytime soon.

[happygoluckytoyou]

19. IN A RELATED STORY-- wealthy donors upset that money is not being used on the RIGHT bribes

[TheEuclideanOne]

20. When you say Low end, do you mean

Those street youths who'se language he speaks? Or do you men those that can only contribute 6 figures instead of 7 or 8? :)

[sasquuatch55]

15. Later for the losers!

nt

[LiberalFighter]

2. Is he totally done with contributing to Repugs or

has he aligned himself with the Shadow Repigs?

[Journeyman]

3. Damn. We're a step closer to losing Steele, and this after all the great work he's done. . .

for the Democrats.

[goclark]

6. 'Lil Mike was on ABC this morning

He was so confident and relaxed saying that he would be keeping his job.


Who in the hell does he have the goods on to have kept his job this long?

[joanmj]

4. GREAT news!

:bounce:

[Ernesto]

5. works for me nt

[ClarkUSA]

9. Fox was the money behind the Swift Boat assholes in 2004. Rove's new 527 awaits him, no doubt.

Unfortunately, he'll still be raising money for Republicans.

[Diane R]

17. Best comment.

[ClarkUSA]

22. Thanks.

:blush:

[guernica932]

10. Wow!

This is just a way of getting rid of Steele. They will be back after Steele is gone.

[brooklynite]

11. Maybe they plan to keep spending without raiaing money...

Sort of like running the Government without raising taxes.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. +10000!!

:rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Yeah...let the corproations do it for them.

So much easier.

[gratuitous]

13. If this persists . . .

Democratic prospects look better and better for November. Just a few years ago, it was the Democrats looking at campaign money shortfalls, and recruiting self-funding candidates. Then along came chairman Howard Dean. Now it's Republicans in bad straits financially, and if they can't outspend Democrats at least 2-1, and preferably 3-1, they're in big trouble on a level playing field. So they're looking to run candidates who don't need cash from the national party.

Thank you to national chairmen Howard Dean and Michael Steele! Between the two of you, you've been able to put the Democrats in a position to run the country for years to come.

[madrchsod]

14. they`ll survive......

[greiner3]

21. Actually I was expecting something like;

'Was arrested today for child porno.'

[AlinPA]

24. They won't need him with the SCOTUS decision; corporations can dump all the $$$ they want to on ads

and funding for getting out the republican messages.