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Small Donators Rewrite Fundraising Handbook
politico ^ | sept 26 2007 | jeanne cummings

Posted on 09/26/2007 9:00:10 AM PDT by pianomikey

The rise of the baby bundlers — people who ask friends and family to donate for a candidate and then direct the money to the campaign — is adding a face-to-face dimension to tactics used in 2004 to spur an explosion of Internet donations.

The influx of these new players, combined with unorthodox appeals by the candidates, also is fundamentally reshaping the parties’ donor bases.

The surprising end result could be that the Democratic nominee will buck historic trends and have a significant financial edge in a cycle when the nominees alone are expected to spend an unprecedented $1 billion.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; fundraising; obama
If the Republicans can't organize as effectively as Dems do, we're in it deep in '08.
1 posted on 09/26/2007 9:00:17 AM PDT by pianomikey
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To: pianomikey

75,000 putting in quarter does not mean they will vote in the election.


2 posted on 09/26/2007 9:06:05 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: pianomikey

Uh, “donators”??? Is that the real headline from the article?


3 posted on 09/26/2007 9:09:29 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: edcoil

I understand, but outraising all GOP candidates combined is pretty significant. Money doesn’t WIN elections, but it helps. And this is a great example of how much organization dems really have. If they’re this organized when getting out the felon vote, illegal vote, 6-feet-under vote, and schizophrenic vote, and they get billions in cold cash to grease the wheels (and the palms) of the right people to look the other way, this could be disastrous.


4 posted on 09/26/2007 9:11:26 AM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Yes it’s the real headline. Link is posted there.


5 posted on 09/26/2007 9:11:50 AM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; Admin Moderator

Nope, not the right headline...


6 posted on 09/26/2007 9:12:02 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Should have put [sic] after it but I just cut/pasted.


7 posted on 09/26/2007 9:12:34 AM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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To: pianomikey

Politico must have noticed and corrected it in this short amount of time.

Withdrawn.


8 posted on 09/26/2007 9:13:44 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

OH HAHAHA yeah they must have corrected it. I swear I cut/pasted! *rolls eyes*


9 posted on 09/26/2007 9:14:14 AM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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To: pianomikey

Can a Mod change the title to “Small Donors Rewrite Fundraising Handbook (Barack Outraises GOP COMBINED”?


10 posted on 09/26/2007 9:18:36 AM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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