Posted on 06/03/2015 11:26:18 AM PDT by VinL
Three of the top ten conservative donors in the last presidential election are giving to the super PACs supporting Ted Cruz that now claim to have raised more than $37 million to support his bid, a shocking haul and donor list for such a populist Republican candidate amid a crowded 2016 field.
Florida businessman John W. Childs...Texans owner Bob McNair have committed to support Cruz, according to a leader of the super PAC. Together, the pair committed about $7.5 million to conservative outside groups in 2012...
Major Republican donor Robert Mercer, whose family foundation's accountant serves as the treasurer for one of the the Texas senator's super PACs, is also expected to have donated substantially to the groups. Together, this trifecta of donors could give lift to a fundraising operation once predicted to lag significantly behind its competitors.
Cruz appeared Tuesday night at a kickoff fundraiser for the constellation of four groups -- all of which are titled with variations of "Keep the Promise." About 45 donors heard Cruz at the Knickerbocker Club in New York City, showing that support is wider than any individual donor, the Cruz source said.
The Cruz super PACs wowed some top Republicans by saying within two weeks after Cruz announced his presidential bid that it had raised $31 million. That haul...was surprising for a tea party firebrand who has relished in fighting the political class.
The super PACs' success and donors cannot be independently verified until they file campaign finance reports later this summer.
Though Childs, McNair and Mercer are some of the most premier names in the Republican donor world, only one of those top 2012 donors, the super PAC leader said, ranks among the top three donors to the Cruz super PACs. (snip)
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To get perspective compared to the viability of the rest of the candidates , as far as money thus far and support, other than Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz is way up there ?
Cruz is raising money. Many are not. I think he has momentum. I guess we will soon know. It seems to me that he has been awfully quiet the last two weeks. Anybody know what is going on? Did he vote for that horrible NSA snooping bill? Surely not but I heard that he did. No. !!!
Cruz has me scratching my head. He’s for increasing the # of H1B STEM works by a factor of five at a time when wages are stagnating. I’m hoping we can fix immigration, legal and illegal, before we start flooding the market with more low-cost, low-quality skilled workers... My money’s on Walker at this point.
When was this? I can’t seem to find any stories about an old woman and a line.
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