Romney Sees Sharp Decline in Donations From 2 States

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign saw substantial declines in fund-raising during the second quarter of this year from Massachusetts and Utah, the two states that fueled his earlier success with donors.

In Massachusetts, where Mr. Romney was governor for four years, donations fell 69 percent, dropping to $728,742 from $2.3 million in the previous reporting period. In Utah, where he was chief executive of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, his collections were off by 58 percent, decreasing to $1.2 million from $2.8 million, according to figures released yesterday.

The drops in those states would seem to suggest that Mr. Romney has tapped out the network of rich Mormons and wealthy financiers that drove him to lead other Republican candidates in the first reporting cycle, which ended in March. Contributions from employees of his former companies, Bain Consulting and Bain Capital, fell to $35,450 from more than $140,000.

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Mr. Romney saw his contributions drop by a third in the second quarter, to $14 million from $20.5 million.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/politics/14donate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Maybe he could flip-flop back to liberal positions and staring collecting money from Democrats...

[buff2]

1. He should get Joe Blow LIEberman to hold a few fundraisers

for him. I'm sure he would be happy to help out a fellow repuke.

[Cobalt-60]

2. pity

I despise this one the way I do the others, but he does one thing for us the others can't: de activates Evangelical Christians.
I've been subjected to a lot more jesus Radio than I might have liked. And the content of that exposure was largely devoted to how big a bunch of heretics the Mormons are.
I'm sure the Dobsons and Robertsons would declare a truce with the Mormons if thats what it took to keep their beloved Republican curs in control of the White House.
But the rank and file won't buy it. At least some of their most devoted partisans will stay home on election day.

[Mz Pip]

3. Mittens

pretty much lost the support of anyone in this country who has a dog. Must be about 80% of the population.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[LiberalFighter]

5. I'm sure everyone that is a true pet lover doesn't know what Romney did.

There are a lot of people that live in the dark.

[wildbilln864]

4. Good!

Fuck the Romulin!