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Upset Republican donors: Have we wasted our money?
The Hill ^ | 01/13/16 | Jonathan Swan

Posted on 01/13/2016 12:07:56 PM PST by detective

Major GOP donors and fundraisers are wondering whether they're wasting their money on super-PACs.

They say they're not ready to abandon the super-PACs, but they're starting to look for ways to make them more effective during a presidential cycle that has challenged conventions about how to spend political donations.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruzfamilydcinsiders; elections; immigration; republicans; superpacs; trump; trumprebellion; trumpwasright; whoownstedcruz
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The answer is yes.
1 posted on 01/13/2016 12:07:56 PM PST by detective
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To: detective

But if the Republicans can’t give them what they want they can always get it from the Democrats.


2 posted on 01/13/2016 12:09:21 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: detective

Boo hoo. A bunch of rich guys trying to buy political influence wasted their money. Boo hoo.


3 posted on 01/13/2016 12:10:18 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: mrsmith

And I’m sure that many of them are already funding Ds and Rs...


4 posted on 01/13/2016 12:10:34 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: detective

You definitely wasted money if you gave to Jebbie’s PAC.


5 posted on 01/13/2016 12:11:31 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: detective

What a stupid question. Not only have they wasted their money but they have shown the world they have no idea what they are doing.


6 posted on 01/13/2016 12:11:39 PM PST by GilGil
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To: detective; All
"Upset Republican donors:
Have we wasted our money?....."




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7 posted on 01/13/2016 12:12:03 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: ManHunter

Sure, if they can’t buy a President that will do what they want they will buy congressmen that will.


8 posted on 01/13/2016 12:14:07 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: detective

C’mon, dammit, this ain’t fair. We can’t BUY Trump! And Cruz ain’t for sale either!


9 posted on 01/13/2016 12:14:37 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: detective

“The answer is yes.”

To the extent they have turned their pockets inside out for Jebbie, undeniably so.


10 posted on 01/13/2016 12:15:38 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: detective

As of the so-called “response” last night knifing us all in the back, written by traitors and spoken by a bigger traitor, the unqualified answer is:

YES!!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 01/13/2016 12:16:20 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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Yes, you have wasted your money.

Yes, you are stupid to come back to Rove when he cleaned your treasury last election cycle.

Yes, Rove is richer and you are poorer.

Yes, it was a dumb decision on your part.


12 posted on 01/13/2016 12:16:52 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Upset Republican donors: Have we wasted our money?

"Does Elmer Fudd have trouble with the letter 'R'?"

13 posted on 01/13/2016 12:18:01 PM PST by dfwgator
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The data indicates that money doesn’t really move elections much, the reason the candidate who gets the most donations tends to win is that to get the most donations you need to have the most support.


14 posted on 01/13/2016 12:18:49 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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Bwahhh! Trump warned you, you morons.


15 posted on 01/13/2016 12:19:00 PM PST by McGruff (It's us against the Uniparty now.)
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To: JimRed
Does anyone happen to know how much "commission" these fundraisers take off the top of political donations?

I somehow have a feeling it is a high percentage, sort of like those "charities" that raise money for worthy causes, yet have so many administrative expenses that little of the money actually does any good.

16 posted on 01/13/2016 12:22:24 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: detective

You sure have wasted the money...money that could have been spent on making our Military greater, money that could have been spend on our Wounded Warriors, money that could have been spent to bring back jobs for American Workers, money that could have been spent for better health care instead of this ‘obuma get rich quick scam’....yeah, you could say we could have used this money a lot better than wasting it on the likes of Bush (drug cartel and dealer) than on Rubio (gang of eight butt kisser).....you get the point!!!


17 posted on 01/13/2016 12:23:31 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: detective

The sweetest form of Trump living rent free ... the blubbering donor class.


18 posted on 01/13/2016 12:24:58 PM PST by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: samtheman

Now they worry. The money spent by these plutocrats always goes a lot further with Democrat candidates than it does with Republicans, because just about every one of the Democrats starts off with the advantage that they do not have to fight the media too, the fight is only with the other rivals within their own party, a fight that is worked almost always with a caucus before the names are put up.


19 posted on 01/13/2016 12:27:07 PM PST by alloysteel (If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
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To: detective
Pro-Jeb Bush super PAC shuts down


20 posted on 01/13/2016 12:36:39 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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