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Subscribe to RSSJust hours after the Obama campaign announced that it, the Democratic National Committee, and other Obama-related committees had raked in $60 million in May, Team Romney said they one-upped them.
Their Romney campaign/Republican National Committee haul: $76.8 million. They also reported having a combined $107 million in the bank for all of their committees.
“We are encouraged by the financial support from a broad range of voters," Romney Victory National Finance Chairman Spencer Zwick said in a statement. "Voters are making an investment because they believe that it will benefit the country.”
But if the financial reports from April are any indication, much of that nearly $77 million is coming in the form of big five-figure checks from large donors.
Around this same time last month, the Romney camp and RNC reported raising a combined $40 million. But when we saw the actual Federal Election Committee filings, it was $11.7 million for the campaign, $11.4 million for the RNC, and the rest -- $17 million -- for the Romney Victory Fund.
The Romney Victory Fund -- which also includes coordination with the state GOPs of ID, MA, OK, and VT -- is the mechanism that allows donors to contribute up to $75,000 each. In mid-May, both Mitt Romney and his wife each contributed $75,000 to the Victory Fund.
There is also an Obama Victory Fund, which allows large donors to cut equally big checks. But when Team Obama announced raising $43.6 in April, the FEC filings later showed that the campaign raised $25.7 million, the DNC raised $14.3 million, although nearly half of that DNC money came from a transfer from the Obama Victory Fund.
(When Team Obama collects large checks, the first $5,000 go to the campaign, which is the individual maximum; $30,800 go to the DNC, which is the max; and the rest go to the other committees.)
We will not be able to get a campaign vs. campaign or party vs. party comparison on these numbers until June 20, when FEC reports for May are due.
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What a colossal waste of money!!!
I can tell you what's a colossal waste of coin.
How much debt OSocialist built up for this country.
yet you agree with Romney said he will pay every business owner 2 thousand dollars for every person they hire and train. Where is that money coming from. Obama gave each state stimulus money to jump start jobs. The governors in that state did nothing to jump start jobs. So if capitol hill keeps saying no to jobs, where will Romney get the funds from. Think before you vote.
Guess obama's evolution didn't pay off as much as he thought. At least Romney did not have to sell out his morals or beliefs to make him self popular with a special interest group.
If NAMBLA could make a large donation I would not be surprised to see obama campaigning for pedophiles.
obama believes in whatever you want him to beleive him to get your vote and $$$.
Are you joking?
Try every ultra religious group, the filthy rich and his cronies. Stop looking in my bedroom, GOP.
@PAt.. no one is looking in you bedroom. Now please do those things that people do in the bedroom off the streets and out of our public schools.
I personally don't care if you like to dress up like Little Bo Peep and make it with a Great Dane. Just stop trying to convince me that "Jesus would support it". Stop teaching my kids that they should experiment with it and stop publicly doing it where I might see.
Btw.. what did you guys do to that poor monkey?
Inevitably every candidate has to "pander" to some portion of their party. In Romney's case he has to put on the "ultra conservative" faced at times to make the far right happy. In Obama's case he has to put on the "moderate" faced to try to get votes from the independents.
Koch brothers, trump, casino giants and the list goes on. Please Romney has told these people when he is in the white house he will make sure they all get their money back. Where have you been
Romney hasn't pandered or sold out his principals? LMAO Not really sure he had any to begin with.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romney-flip-flopper-or-not/2011/11/30/gIQAH6ubEO_blog.html
http://www.mittvmitt.com/
head lines wisc voters defeat union thugs
This country would not be as prosperous as it is without the unions.
lividgoosedots - Sorry but the public unions had nothing to with the prosperity of our country.
Maybe this whole voting thing is outdated. Instead we could just auction of the office of President to the highest bidder. It's a lot easier to count dollars than ballots and the assumption is the candidate who raises the most money will win the election anyway.
Wow, the KOCH SUCKERS are out today!
Well minions, don't assume anything from Wisconsin. In 93% of elections, the campaign spending the most wins. Walker spent 30.5 MILLION, his rival spent 3.9 million and STILL ALMOST WON.
tick tock... tick tock... the socialist's days are numbered.
buy some Kleenex
So if you look at it that way. Obama out spent McCain 3 to 1 and barely won in "08".
No he won fair and square. It didn't go to the scotus like Bush vs Gore. McCain was a decent candidate. Not my choice but a good man. Not a lying bastard like Romney.
I know the dirt bag Mittens was my gov. He was not disliked... he was hated. MOST people hate liars.
And Romney is the king of liars.
Oh Hannah, Hate is such a strong word. Just ask any liberal on this site.
Well you better get use to it.
Romney 2012!!!
All those that think Wisconsin was about ALL unions, it wasn't. Walker bills didn't change collective bargaining for police and firefighters. The head of those unions have Republican family in the House and Senate in Wisconsin. So those unions are exempted. When are you going to write about how those unions need to be placed in the same restriction as the teachers and public gov't workers. If unions are so bad, then why are those okay?
Are you running out of tissues?
Obama has lost his mojo.
Thats why he is on the "down lo" now. Got a better offer to switch teams.
he never had it.
it was all prop.
But he got the dough-jo. Hey Barack how bout sliding me 50 till pay day.
I guess all of the evil wall street contributors to the Obama campaign finally got tired of being thrown under the bus by their poster child.
What will the Dems do if they cannot buy the election?
wow where is the leadership , the confidence obama has been campaigning for how many years and Romney raises more money the numbers speak. compared to 2008 obama speeches where up lifting people where wowed Now everytime he speaks i view this uppity Harvard grad that's throwing stuff out their that's only kind going to work he has defiantly slipped since 2008 like over 50% appeal
President for sale: Call 1-800-MITTWIT
Shovel Ready Jobs Hotline:
1-800-Obamjob
Will work for food: Call 1-800-BHObama
HAHAHAHA, I called the number AFF: It referred me to another # 800-216-TALK. It was a sex hotline. So I guess the "Hard body 18 year old" on the recording want's you to call her.
I keep my mitts off women.
Its really sad money influences who people will vote for. Morals and values for some people are blinded by money. All money will do is divide and polarize USA citizens causing hatred, bitterness and sadistic behavior. I guess some people can't be happy unless people are homeless, starving and without health insurances.
What ever happen to compromise in politics? When politicians are not willing to compromise or have the attitude my way or the highway, then there is only one way this country will head. No matter what good Obama does Romney will give him a F. What does that tell you about the man?
Compromising values????
At least he didn't raise $15million in one nite from pole smoking Hollywood butt pirates in exchange for endorsing their sordid behavior.
Now the libturds want to make it legal for 40-50+ year old perverts to seduce and sodomize 17yo boys AND get a tax credit for doing so!
Now that is the party of FAMILY VALUES.
Bye bye OBummer 2012!
Jello heads!
I said get back on your meds !!!
I think to some extent the money thing as an influence is way over rated. The media does partisan politics and I feel probably has a much greater impact on elections themselves. I don't buy the "highest bidder" theory gets folks elected.
Also other organizations like AARP and unions do partisan politics, its not all super pacs. Also the incumbent can go around the country all the time making partisan speeches on taxpayer money.
I tend to agree Don.
GavinB...lay off the Mr.ED show. Also, i hope you treat that dog better than yourself!
more folks jumping on the romney bandwagon. wisconsin was more epic than any dem could have ever imagined.
How can people be making FIVE figure donations??? It's illegal to give more than $2,500 per candidate per election!!!
Democracy is spelled D-O-L-L-A-R-S
FDR said "the worst thing government can do is unionize government workers." Well our elected officials did it so they could get elected and the quid-pro-quo was give us this we give you that. Now almost every city and county government in the United States is broke because of it. Job well done!!!
Every politician has their hand out and wants money and needs money. Television and radio jack up there rates for political commercials. Its big business. Someone has to pay for it.
It amazes me how so many people think republicans=rich... I classify myself as an independent conservative and believes most voters are sheeple... Unable to read, comprehend, and develop coherent thought and just regurgitate what others say.
Bubba- key word was "government" workers.
You people like to pick and choice from quotes.
FDR had NO problem with state or city workers belonging to unions.
By the way... you got your 40/hour work week because of unions. And paid vacations and health insurance. That will all end because some jerks don't want to pay union wages. They want to pay slave wages to people in China.
Say GOOD BYE to the middle class. Bye bye bye
So Haanah does not consider state and city workers "government workers". I always thought they were.
I really enjoy the logic of the left. obama gets big donations from rich liberals - good, Romney gets big donations from rich conservatives - bad. obama raises a lot of money from all sources - good, Romney raises a lot of money from all sources - bad. It must be really hard to be a democrat/liberal. Some of them have to understand how illogical they sound when they take postions like these. Oh well, liberalism is a mental disorder in obviously true so we can see how a liberal can hold a position like these without shame.
As Wisconsin goes... so goes the nation.
Kochsuckers will own the entire country by the end of this election cycle.
As for the morons voting for repugs... be careful what you wish for. SS, Medicare and Medicaid will be a Democratic dream of the past.
But at least those homeowner taxes of yours won't go up. LOL Stupid is as stupid does.
We are really screwed.
Good news... teabaggers will lose their SS and Medicare. How about a voucher plan idiots?
and you might have to work... yikes... scary
Good example of resorting to double entendre ad hominems when your anger gets the best of you!
The middle class in WI and CA have solidly voted for no more $87,000/year lawn mowing jobs at the City Parks Division financed on the backs of taxpayers.
The middle class are now voting with their wallets and saying NO MORE!
Bye Bye OBummer 2012
Jello heads!
We are all going to lose Medicare regardless when it goes bankrupt shortly regardless. I would not worry about that .
I have no clue what any of you said because you are all being ignored by me.
Seen your comments before and don't bother with any more of them.
What a shock! A rich guy asking all his rich buddies to help him out with campaign funds. This way if he gets in office, he can help his rich buddies get richer! ahhh, the Republican Way, also known as "Greed."
Yes... Obama's only taking re-election funds from the poor. lollllllllllllll
Indeed. Feudal system here we come..
$15million from Hollywood butt pirates in exchange for endorsing their sordid behavior!
Bye bye OBummer 2012!
jello heads
all of this is simply away to divert attention away from Obama's horrendous performance as a president.
you can spin for months but the record doesn't go way... like Moochelle's thesis or bam bam's birth certificate.
This is truly the beginning of the end for representative democracy in this country.
The American for prosperity fiasco has now made grass roots contributions meaningless.
No longer could you consider the Scott Walkers or Mitt Romney's of the world as elected officials. They are nearly spokesmen for the Sheldon Adelson's and Koch Brothers of the world, and of course they don't have to be voted in or adhere to any constituents.
Truly depressing.
then leave... Europe's calling you.
No more $87,000/year lawn mowing jobs at the City Parks Division financed on the backs of taxpayers.
The voters are speaking!
Bye bye OBummer 2012!
jello heads!
I said get back on your meds.
You have no idea how stupid you sound. Kinda like Hannity but stupider.
Another day of name calling and party line writing. Come on folks stop with the kool aid and find out for yourselves what's going on!
It is totally outrageous that this kind of money is wasted on this. I just wonder how much of my money that I spend at the grocery store goes into this? I wouldn't give a politician a dime, but then again, I don't matter. It just makes me cry to know that so many people could be helped with this kind of money and it is just thrown away by the rich & powerful.
I agree. The politicians are looking out( Democrat or Republican) for themselves and themselves alone. The only way things will anyway change is if they learn to work together. A marriage, a bussiness or anything doesn't work without working together. All the campaign money is spent on mud-slinging and making promises that never seem to happen.