Kirk campaign held “Bejing fundraiser” day before tax loophole vote

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Kirk campaign held “Bejing fundraiser” day before tax loophole vote

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010

* Congressman Mark Kirk’s US Senate campaign has been plagued by strange internal leaks for months. And now we have one that includes a plan for a “Bejing fundraiser,” which was held the day before a House vote to close tax loopholes for companies that send jobs out of the country.

The latest leak is the internal agenda of a mid-May Kirk campaign finance meeting. Click here to read it. http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/KFS_FR_meeting_5182010.pdf

The memo is chock full of interesting stuff, including his overall fundraising goals, regional goals, out-of-state goals, individual fundraiser event goals, targeted contributors, info about how much Kirk’s entire finance committee had raised to date, PAC goals, etc.

It even has a list of how the campaign’s Internet and e-mail fundraising was doing. According to the memo, the campaign had raised $423,687 by May via all its Internet/e-mail activities. Kirk’s website was bringing in the most, with $294,744. An ad on Drudge, on the other hand, brought in just $50.

more:
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2010/10/20/kirk-campaign-held-bejing-fundraiser-day-before-tax-loophole-vote/

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1. Alexi for Illinois

has Daily Kos diary titled, "BREAKING: Mark Kirk Held "Beijing Fundraiser'"

This may explain why Kirk was suddenly trying to deflect during lastnight's debate.