GOP recruits show lagging fundraising

[sabra]

Source: Politico

Several of the GOP’s most highly touted candidates posted mediocre fundraising numbers in this year’s first quarter, raising questions about their ability to seriously compete in races that were once at the top of the Republican radar screen.

The first-quarter fundraising period is often a make-or-break test for challengers. By April, candidates usually need to demonstrate they can consistently raise money to mount a credible race, or risk irrelevance in the months to come.

Businessman Steve Greenberg, running against Rep. Melissa L. Bean (D-Ill.), is perhaps the most striking example of a recruit failing to live up to expectations. Once highly touted by National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole, Greenberg is a candidate Republicans hoped could run a strong campaign against Bean, fueled with his own money.

But Greenberg raised only $113,000 for the quarter and is nearly broke, with just $5,000 left in his campaign account. By contrast, Bean has $1.35 million in her campaign account. Given the financial disparity, the prospect of Greenberg being able to run a competitive race looks dimmer by the day.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9665.html

[Deep13]

1. .

:cry: :nopity:

[Crowman1979]

2. They might wanna check where that money is going.

It will probably be traced to all of the crystal meth and gay prostitutes that were purchased for this fiscal year.

[rasputin1952]

3. The GOP has lost a lot since the realization that bush and the neo-cons have

essentially been destroying this nation. No conservative in his/her right mind could even contemplate how these jugheads could even consider themselves "conservative", they are "Royalists", and no one, (except them), enjoys that aspect.

In the mean time, D registrations have increased some 15%, mostly youth, and if most people show up to vote, the GOP should be in the cellar in the GE.

The big thing is to keep on our people in congress to "do the right thing", and not go off on some tangents that are patently absurd, like the GOP has done in the past.

[Kolesar]

4. The lame-ass media can no longer report their presumptive "air" of moral superiority

Voters have them "figured out" with respect to their lying, stealing, and warmongering.

[rasputin1952]

5. Yes, and since their "air" of moral superiority was little more

than flatulence, people finally figured it out...:D