Posted on 01/30/2016 7:54:28 PM PST by jimbo123
This Sunday is the deadline for campaigns and PACs to file their next FEC report, with fundraising and spending numbers covering July 1 through Dec. 31, 2015. This is the first time we've seen numbers from super PACs since June, and a lot has happened since then. We'll be using our Real-Time Influence Explorer to keep track of the filings as they come in, tweeting out interesting and noteworthy insights on Twitter -follow along!
Here's a quick rundown of what we can expect from the filing deadline, and some of the things we'll be looking out for:
1. How much did Right to Rise raise in the last six months? Right to Rise, Jeb Bush's super PAC, made headlines in June last year when it announced it had raised $103 million, making it the biggest super PAC in the race by far. But we know the story of the second half of 2015: Donald Trump entered the race and quickly came to dominate it, and Bush fell from first to fifth or lower in national polls and in early primary states. With this collapse came, reportedly, a loss of his fundraising power. The Washington Post reported in December that Right to Rise had only raised $13 million in the second half of 2015, around 13 percent of what they had raised in the first half of the year, though Post also reported they expected to have raised around $20 million by the end of the year. It'll be interesting to see how accurate that report was.
2. Just what has Right to Rise been spending all that money on? -snip- How much is Mike Murphy, who is reportedly drawing criticism from top donors, being paid by the super PAC?
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How stupid must Jeb feel knowing his dumb ass brother and lying ass father became president and he couldn’t poll above 2% with all the money in the world.
And all the campaigning in Spanish to illegals. What was he thinking?
Married a Mexican and claimed she doesn’t speak English and he must speak Spanish at home. I can’t believe he made gov of Florida.
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