Bush Finished Campaign With Millions

[seriousstan]

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) and the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) spent a combined $707 million this election cycle after a fund-raising effort so prolific the president's campaign still has millions left over.


Bush finished the Nov. 2 election with $4.4 million left in his $75 million, taxpayer-financed general election campaign fund and $1 million in bills to pay. He had $15 million in a legal compliance fund that he could have tapped in the event of a recount fight, according to reports he filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites).


The president also detailed the money raised and spent by his record-breaking primary campaign fund. He ended his private fund raising with $273 million collected, close to triple the then-record $106 million he raised for his 2000 primary campaign. The cost of television ads consumed much of Bush's money.


Bush was not allowed to use private contributions on his campaign after he was nominated Sept. 2 at the Republican National Convention in New York. That account had $2 million left as of late November after Bush gave nearly $11.3 million to the Republican National Committee and $1,680 to the White House Historical Association

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20041202/ap_on_go_pr_wh/presidential_money_3&printer=1

[medeak]

1. how generous... $1,680

to White House Historical Association...probably frame for his portrait?

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1039648