How much money did Joe Trippi make?

[ringmastery]

Anyone know? There should be an investigation. The hundreds of thousands of people who contributed money deserve to know exactly how much he pocketed. Are there campaign laws regulating the amount of money advisers can be paid?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. He Didn't Get A Salary..... He Got 15% Commission On Ad Buys...

Howard Dean spent $10,000,000.00 on ads ....


Do the math...

[ibegurpard]

2. First of all

There is no proof that Trippi "pocketed" anything. Second, since I gave money and you didn't, I think I am a better judge of whether there needs to be an investigation or not.

[mdmc]

3. Trippi didn't take a dime

The Doctor knows this. DFA got knocked out of two primaries, it will need the grassroots to carry on.
You think this Gore guy got what it takes? Perhaps...

[Raya]

4. Read somewhere that he pocketed 3-5 million

[ibegurpard]

6. read somewhere, did ya?

care to be a little more specific?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. oh my god....

I did post grad work in Poli Sci...

I am now a small publisher....

I went into the wrong business...

I should have went into the "public non-profit sector"....

[jean]

5. Keep in mind

The best thing for the RNC would be if people became suspicious of online donation. Let's wait to hear from the Dean campaign and quit stirring the pot for the R's.

[ibegurpard]

7. that's precisely the point for SOME of the people who are trying

to make an issue out of this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Don't Think The Media , The Press, and The FEC

will ask our opinions before they investigate...


This is all rather tragic....

[jean]

12. We can reserve judgment can't we

until a reputable source speaks on this. Meaning don't believe most of what our lame media says OR anyone without credible documentation.

I have imagined RNC operatives devising all manner of crap to thwart opposition online donation - it's been the bedrock for Gov Dean and the other candidates are beginning to catch on with their own websites. Look for R talking points on this in the coming days.

[kcwayne]

14. What's the distinction between an online donation and a check?

I don't see how the medium for the donation is even a talking point. The difference between the Dean's grass roots movement and the RNC is the pure number of people making small donations (Dean) vs the RNC's corporate backing.

If the RNC wants to make a point that the voice of millions of small contributors is easily manipulated with graft and corruption, then there is just one word to say in response. Halliburton.

[Gringo Tex]

17. Actually, Reeps make more $ off small donors than Dems.

[kcwayne]

22. So you're saying Bush's 200 million came from small donors?

I don't believe that for a second.

On what facts do you base your assertion?

[Gringo Tex]

23. Reep fundraising

First of all, Bush doesn't have $200 million yet. And I really don't know what his fundraising breakdown is. All I'm saying is that for several years now, Reeps have raised more money from small donors than Dems. I can't be bothered to go find a link right now, but it's public record and common knowledge among development professionals. It reflects the lousy job Dems have done of selling their party's ideology over the past decade. We got lazy, rode Clinton's coattails for 8 years and then paid for it in 2000.

edit: My point being, it's wrong to assume the Democratic platform sells itself to the middle class.

[izzie]

25. It is the GOP stuff that is put out. I have read that also

You know the grass roots love Bush and all that. I know nothing about the other but was sort of shocked when they said to day that pay checks would be held off for 2 weeks. I thought he had lots of money.He is the only person I have ever sent money to . Very little as I have very little.

[jean]

26. Are you unaware of the hundreds of thousands

of dollars donated in small amounts via online donation? If they can dry up that resource we can't compete.

When have we heard about paper checks trickling in via snail mail to bolster his campaign? He is not raising tons of money overnight via the USPS or thousands of people handing in checks nationwide.

The RNC corporate backers are not (I'm just guessing) submitting their big bucks to Bush's website. We have heard much about the fund raising dinners where millions have been coughed up to his war chest.

We need to maintain confidence in our online apparatus to keep small donations coming in.

[kcwayne]

29. Its millions of dollars actually

and I am aware of it because that is how I have made my contributions.

I don't know the breakdown of how the money arrives, I get emails and snail mail requests to contribute. One has to assume that if they are spending money on snail mailers they get snail mail back.

Bottom line it is not the medium by which payments are made, it is the idea of grass roots support being an inappropriate or insecure means by which to contribute.

Confidence in the apparatus is nowhere near important as confidence in the candidate, and the integrity of the candidate's organization.
The constant beating in the press dries up cash. Poor results in the primaries dries up cash. And organizational shakeups can dry up cash.

I did a little investigation and found that Bush has raised $130 million so far, and they claim to have received it from 500,000 contributors. Of course when Bush is not on the ranch goofing off or flying halfway around the world for photo ops, he is on the $2000 per plate dinner circuit raising cash. He has been doing this twice a week for some time now.

When was the last time you heard about a Democratic candidate being able to fill an auditorium with people willing to pay two grand for a piece of chicken and cold green beans? One wonders how much corporate cash gets funneled through these "individual" contributions.

What Democrats need to do to counter this is fill up football stadiums or public parks with people willing to contribute $100 for a potato chip with some Cheez-Whiz on it. After 3 years of Bush, I sure as hell can't afford $2,000 for rubbery chicken. Even if it is served with a healthy side of Jesus and the prospect of killing more brown people.

[Frederic Bastiat]

10. Enough to get fired n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I Am Beginning To Feel Sorry For Howard Dean....

NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I Think The Greek Aphorism Applies To Trippi...

"Before the gods destroy a person they make him great"


All this talk about Trippi reinventing politics has turned out to be hollow....


Sad....

[NNN0LHI]

15. Why are the financial arrangement's between employee and employer...

...any of my business?

Don

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Because They Are Using Money Collected From The Public For Non

Profit Purposes and subject to the laws which govern these activities...

[NNN0LHI]

18. I am not familiar with these laws. Please excuse my ignorance

Thanks for the explanation too.

Don

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I'm Not A FEC Specialist

but I would think you need to disclose what you did with the money you collected...

[ibegurpard]

20. As I said to someone earlier

whatever financial arrangement Trippi had with the Dean campaign has long been known.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. If Trippi Made A Nine Figure Salary Off This Campaign I'm Troubled

as I would be troubled if any campaign manager made that kind of money...


It's not right...

[ShaneGR]

24. Since Trippi was Dean's ad buyer.... he made around 4-5 million

Estimated.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. That's Incredible

A campaign manager making a mid nine figure salary...

That's outrageous...

[John_H]

28. Power to the people, baby!!!!

Like Johnny Rotten once told a crowd after a 15 minute Sex Pistols concert: "Ha ha ha. Ever get the feeling you've been...cheated?"