Posted on 06/23/2011 9:47:07 PM PDT by iowamark
At today’s Iowa Straw Poll land auction, participating campaigns were surprised by a mystery participant who would not state which campaign she was representing.
Kellie Paschke, a lobbyist whose clients include Iowans for Tax Relief, arrived at the scheduled Straw Poll auction intending to bid on a parcel of the Iowa State Center for an undisclosed candidate.
Before the meeting started, representatives of Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, and Rick Santorum were seen outside the building discussing the situation of the mystery bidder.
The representatives went inside and began the meeting, but a short time later, campaign representatives and party staff were seen outside the back door of the RPI headquarters, presumably discussing how to handle the situation.
All of these individuals then went back in the building, but soon came out yet again for more discussion. At this point all of the campaigns were ready to walk away from the auction. Pawlenty’s Iowa Campaign Manager, Erik Helland, then arrived to provide reinforcements for the Pawlenty staff already present. Eventually, everyone went inside again, and it was disclosed that Paschke was at the Straw Poll Auction to bid on a lot for Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan.
Before McCotter’s involvement was revealed, sources linked to Rick Perry confirmed to TIR that Paschke was not there on his behalf.
With all of these unusual happenings, it was unclear whether the auction would actually occur today. Eventually, bidding did take place. Here are the details TIR has been able to uncover so far.
-Ron Paul was the highest bidder for a lot for $31,000.00
-McCotter bought a lot for $18,000.00, he was the second highest bidder
-Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain where the next highest bidders, with each getting a lot for $17,000.00.
-Rick Santorum spent $15,000.00 for his lot.
-Pawlenty ended up spending $15,000.00 for a less desirable lot.
-Newt Gingrich was represented at the meeting but did not bid.
“The Patriots of this country are looking for the next Teddy R.”
‘Scuse me! Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive. Ever watch Glenn Beck on that one?
McCain’s quite fond of TR, as he often said during his campaign :-(
“Paul sure has a lot of money coming in from somewhere.”
Hell, he’s raised $1 mil in a 24 hr. period before. I remember all those infernal “meet-ups” his fans had across the country in ‘08 and he raised 6 or 7 million in only a few days.
As long as there is no shenanigans...sarc
“I wish I had asked her what she thought of him instead of asking whether Marc Lamont Hill was a real doctor.”
ROFL! He’s a far-left questionable PhD college prof who teaches about hip-hop and other oh-so-relevant black culture studies. Another wonderful example of the mind warping of our youth.
No not really. Candidates will pay to run buses there. But who would spend a whole day to travel there if they didn't really support that candidate?
I know I won't. And drivers licenses are required to show residency. More verification than a real election.
“his dry humor is devastating in a debate, have seen him verbally disembowel an opponent with just a few words.”
Yes, he’s brilliant in that way. We really need someone like that up against the One in debates - it’d be priceless.
Too bad you can’t have designated hitters in campaigns :-)))
“Eventually, everyone went inside again, and it was disclosed that Paschke was at the Straw Poll Auction to bid on a lot for Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan.
Before McCotter’s involvement was revealed, sources linked to Rick Perry confirmed to TIR that Paschke was not there on his behalf.”
Did you miss that part?
Iowa Straw Poll - the same one Romney won’t deign to participate in. He’s “above all that”. (Actually, he knows he doesn’t stand a chance of winning there - it’s not New Hampshire.)
The Paulite’s will have their zombies there of course. They will make it look like they have more support than they actually do.
But it feels like there is still another year before the caucuses.
I yawn when I think about who to support. Palin would change everything if she gets in; in my opinion.
Sorry if you mistook what I said - I love Iowa and was getting a dig in on snobby Romney :-)
What you said makes sense! Romney has a layer of supporters that will always be with him.
He resembles John Edwards in too many ways; in my opinion!
Thanks for the correction, but you’re both a bit late — see post #26 (right after the one you both replied to).
“Thanks for the correction, but you’re both a bit late”
I know - sorry ‘bout that. I often post as I go on a thread, but need to read through the whole thing before I write :-)
If Sarah does NOT get in, McCotter is my second choice.
I don’t quite ‘get’ it but it looks like the candidates laid out $100K among them to rent space for the straw poll? Not bad for the R party in IA (but it does appear unseemly somehow_.
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