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Posted on 04/13/2015 10:23:03 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is asking top allies to collect at least $500,000 each from their circle of friends and colleagues and is promising those elite fundraisers coveted access.
The Texas Republican's finance team says the best fundraisers will be invited to a donor retreat and a quarterly dinner at the home of Ted and Heidi Cruz. Those supporters will be called the campaign's founders.
Other levels inside Cruz's campaign hierarchy include statesmen ($250,000), generals ($100,000) and federalists ($50,000), according to a fundraising document obtained by The Associated Press. Rick Tyler, a spokesman for Cruz's campaign, declined to comment.
With each escalating pledge to raise cash comes more perks, including access to the candidate and his inner circle of advisers. For instance, the top fundraisers are promised access to a donor retreat, dinner with the Cruz family and the title of national finance co-chairman.
For the lowest bracket, donors can become members of the state-level finance committee and attend a Cruz-sponsored reception at the Republican National Committee's nominating convention in Cleveland.
Those roles reflect the tremendous influence of bundlers — fundraisers who collect campaign checks from their friends, neighbors and relatives, and deliver them to campaign headquarters in bulk or bundles of cash.
Individuals can give $2,700 to a candidate during the primary and another $2,700 for the general election. That means the most aggressive bundlers will need almost 100 deep-pocketed donors to meet the fundraising thresholds by Election Day 2016.
Raising cash this way is nothing new.
In 2000, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush designated fundraisers who collected $100,000 as his campaign's Pioneers. In 2004, he upped the ante; his top tier was $200,000 and called Rangers.
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CRUZ or LOSE!I have attained Peon Level, but it feels so good 8-)
Sounds reasonable to me.
See? Cruz is a one-percenter, unlike Hillary Clinton, the champion of the middle-class.
Add in a 15% tip for the waitress.
Too bad it ain’t 5 million.
As of yet no one has looked into Hillary’s 2.5 billion dollar war chest, nor into the foreign donations to her foundation.
But the media will be all over Ted Cruz’ fundraising.
And sadly, the source of this attack on Cruz might be from the GOP-E and not from the Clintons.
Right there with ya!
I hope the place is packed.
OMG Republicans raise money too?
I’m glad that the AP is all over this.
While I wish Cruz all the best, the mere fact that it takes that kinds of money to run for office says our system is busted as Hell.
“And sadly, the source of this attack on Cruz might be from the GOP-E and not from the Clintons.”
Spot on.
Man. Do you get fries with that?
I'm sure they were all upright standing US citizens well.... except for Kaddaffy who was dead and plundered.
I would bet that Teds money will be much more easily traced then the ruling she hag of the power abuser cult.
I hope he has to extend it to a 4 night event.
I can’t afford it. Just sent the IRS a fat check...on top of what we’ve already paid.
I guess you gotta play the game if you want a chance of scoring the big prize.
I just like to know the motivation of the donors.
There is probably quite a contrast in character between the so called right money donors verses the left.
Then again there will always be stink bombs trying to buy influence on either side.
Again...motivation.
On some point because of the corruption that is already established we may have to accept the ends over the means. Yeah, it's frig-gin broken big time.
“Dinner With Ted and Heidi Cruz? That Will Cost $500K”
Make it a million and have it at the Nugent ranch. It includes BBQ, a day of hunting and an intimate acoustic set by the motor city madman himself.
That type of event would be SOLD OUT if offered.
The MSM would quickly attack such a Conservative event with anger and vehemence.
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