2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMitt Romney relying heavily on small group of super-rich donors
By Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam, Published: February 1
One of Mitt Romneys strongest assets as the GOP presidential front-runner is also a potentially serious liability in the race: his heavy reliance on a small group of millionaires and billionaires for financial support.
A quarter of the money amassed by Romneys campaign and an allied super PAC has come from just 41 people, each of whom has given more than $100,000, according to a Washington Post analysis of disclosure data. Nearly a dozen of the donors have contributed $1 million or more.
The preponderance of mega-rich supporters poses a political challenge for Romney, who has struggled for weeks over questions about his vast wealth, his history as a private equity manager and a series of gaffes that seemed to highlight his privileged station. He stumbled again on Wednesday when he told a CNN interviewer that he was not concerned about the very poor, because they have a safety net.
Some of Romneys biggest supporters include executives at Bain Capital, his former firm; bankers at Goldman Sachs; and a hedge fund mogul who made billions betting on the housing crash. These and other donor details follow the release last week of Romneys tax returns, which showed millions held in the Cayman Islands and other overseas havens and a tax rate that is far lower than that paid by most American workers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-relying-heavily-on-small-group-of-super-rich-donors/2012/02/01/gIQAFVB4iQ_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)isn't going to make all of his ridiculous statements disappear into the ether, nor make him a better candidate IMHO.
rgbecker
(4,831 posts)This guy is exactly what OWS is talking about. The .1%.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)"Some people call you the elites. I call you my base." "The haves, and the have mores."