Romney: Dragged-out primary will impact general election fundraising
Politico"Most likely, the party regulars will surround one of the people who they think has the best chance of beating Barack Obama, and start raising money for the general election. Of course, hes doing that already. He and the Democratic Party have raised some $200 million. Of course, each of the four of us that are still in the race are raising money for our primaries. So at some point, well have to pick our person and start raising money so we can compete with Barack Obama. Otherwise, well be massively outspent.
Gee Mitt, if it's a problem, I can think of something you could do...
liberal N proud
(60,300 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)It is possible that all the money he claims to have raised has actually been his own, funneled through other people. If that is the case, he could go broke.
liberal N proud
(60,300 posts)If all the money he is spending is his own, funneled through others, then maybe he shouldn't be running.
calimary
(80,694 posts)Do NOT allow yourself to be complacent, whether this is BS or for real.
Even so, it is hardly a bad thing to see money being spent (ie - squandered) by the truckload now, when they'd much rather be saving it up to hit Obama. You casino owners and brother-acts and pirates and other assorted vulture capitalists - go ahead and unload a king's ransom this month! They're still slugging it out! Unload another king's ransom next month! Keep spending! There'll be that much less to lavish on the final horserace this fall.
Let 'em spend. Who knows? Maybe some of them might possibly be spent out before it really counts, if ego gets far enough in the way! After all, even the most controlling among them stop for a moment every so often and assess return-on-investment. "How much am I spending?" "How much have I spent so far?" "Oh really? That much?" It's an interesting visualization exercise, anyway...
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)ads which you will have no knowledge of, of course.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)SO SORRY to see THAT happen!
Icicle
(121 posts)I don't think it's the money that he's worried about. He doesn't want to drag out the primary because he knows that more nasty things will be said about him. Newt doesn't heed St. Ronnie's "Never speak ill of a fellow Republican" 11th commandment, so the dirt will be flying around and, of course, we will all be taking notes.....
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Stop whining and come up with a plan, crybaby.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)Why does Mitt hate jobs?
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)The 1% have plenty of money.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)keep spending that money. Spend every penny you have, each and every single one of you!
truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)He said DEMOCRATIC PARTY!
Wow. He just lost a shitload of repuke cred.
MjolnirTime
(1,800 posts)He pretends to be. But he keeps slipping up.
MaineDem
(18,161 posts)He hasn't quite gotten the talking point correct yet.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Money that will be frivously spent on PAC advertising on the nominee.
Funding is not an issue, Mitt...
SaintPete
(533 posts)and spend spend spend spend....
People will be so damned burned out on Rmoney ads everywhere it will backfire. Besides, all he can say is "Obama has done nothing for the economy" and people are experiencing a disconnect between Rmoney's message and their lives.
Let the man speak...he only hurts himself.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)it is and anyone trying to claim they wont work together is full of shit or an idiot.........perhaps even both.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,085 posts)It's the Republican stimulis plan.
Gman
(24,780 posts)What's the problem?
Obama3_16
(157 posts)houses just to afford the privilege of making it all the way to election day so he could go down in flames to me."
Wait. Obama would never be that classless. Only Richie Rich would say crap like that.
MaineDem
(18,161 posts)These are Republicans and, as we know, their Number One priority is defeating Obama. The money will be there.
brooklynite
(93,851 posts)...one nice thing about businesses is that they generally do a cost-benefit analysis. Investing more lost money on a flailing Romney campaign may encourage some of them to cut their losses.