Posted on 08/29/2015 11:14:27 AM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bushs presidential campaign, which to date has raised significantly more than his Republican rivals, is encountering difficulties matching its torrid pace as Mr. Bush slips in the polls and top party donors continue to withhold their commitments.
A finance aide for Mr. Bush sent an email to contributors Friday with an invitation to a breakfast fund-raiser in Washington next month with a pointed plea that the former Florida governors supporters find new donors.
Please note this is new money only, wrote Sarah Corsaro, the staff member, adding: We are utilizing this event to drive in new funds for the next quarterly fund-raising disclosure.
The email suggests that, in his initial push to raise money after announcing his candidacy in June, Mr. Bush maximized his support among backers in the Washington area capable of giving the $2,700 legally allowed, and the campaign is now eager to add wealthy donors who have previously not contributed to his campaign.
The co-chair committee for the $1,000-per-person breakfast indicates why Mr. Bush is so focused on finding new donors: it is a list heavy with family, friends and former aides and loyalists to his father, brother, and himself.
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Good point. Should check my SPAM mail.
“-I wonder how much of that $100M is actual money. It could be big donors have pledged certain funds but either havent sent the check, or just trickle the funds over time.”
I saw some fundraising figures posted here on FR a few days ago that showed that Yeb? only had $8 million in the bank. So I think you’re right. And when the people behind those pledges see Yeb? cratering, they are going to withdraw them would be my guess. Question is, where will their money then go?
So it’s really about “consultants’ right to rise and get richer?”
Let the illegal aliens support his campaign.
Kasich and Christie are auditioning for Jeb’s Right to Rise dollars.
They’re both spending almost $1 million dollars each in TV advertising that will be running very soon to try to pump up their poll numbers in a ploy to get Right to Rise money.
Only 2 of the 9 are actually awake.Jeb must have been speaking then.
Including the campaign worker.
The lady in the “audience” was probably trying to get back to sleep.
Why throw money away, maybe they should instead offer to donate to charities that are import to Bush and set him up for his next career.
Buh Bye Jeb.
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