Romney, by comparison, raised $404K in 6 months, while Sarah raised $733K in 5 months with almost no effort. 57% from donors $200 or less, and $250K additional according to anecdotal reports I've seen for her legal defense fund, all small donors.
Good start and money to travel, as you say. The thing to watch is when she starts trying to raise serious money for a political run of her own. No one in the party has her fundraising appeal and the level of smears and attacks from the Imperial Washington GOP establishment tells me they know it.
Sarah, IF she decides to run, will raise millions, but it won’t be from big ‘fat cat’ donors. She has said IF she ran, it would be a ‘grassroots campaign’...
And by the way, in my opinion, I DO NOT want Sarah to do a TV show. Speeches, the book, campaign speeches for candidates she likes, and occasional TV appearances.
The TV show (and I rarely watch TV any more, except to watch sports or a movie) even on FOX, will get her over exposed. I want the American public to go berserk wherever she goes.........if she is on TV every week, I think it will take away from her charming, maverick, grass roots appeal.