[Ol' Sparky]

Shocking! The Republican base doesn't want to give money to the RINO frontrunners. I doubt RINO Rudy's call for the public financing of abortion is going to help that situation.

The GOP is doomed unless a prominent conservative like Fred Thompson runs and rallies the base.

[misterrob]

Hunter isn’t it I guess...

[flashbunny]

The GOP will not get any more money from me until they correct course. Individual conservative / limited government candidates? Yes. The party as a whole? Heck no.

[zerosix]

No money to a RINO and no longer money to “Pubbie” Party until RINOs no longer get a bite out of it!

[Hattie]

This article is baloney. Reps will give their money when they get ready and it will outdo the Dems. Way too early for most Reps who work for a living.

[Antoninus]

“It’s a big gap. It’s huge,” said one Republican insider who asked for anonymity so he could speak frankly. “We don’t need to close it in the second quarter, but we need to close it by the end of the year.”

A lot of money is sitting on the sidelines waiting to see who the conservative Alternative will be. Could be this guy:



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[aligncare]

Then the Republican base I’m sure is giving gobs of money instead to Duncan Hunter...right?

[acapesket]

2 Comments;
The RNC is a certified failure. Mel Martinez sucks as leader. If they call, tell them so.
Donate to individual races outside of your district that will matter..i.e. Allen v. Webb VA
Santorum v. The Ugly dweeb whose name is Casey.
THOSE RACES MATTERED.
2. The Politico website is horrible and full of Moonbat authors and Commentators. Much Hype over nothing

[spikeytx86]

I guess this ends the endless spin by the media that we are the party of the “money’d interests”. Where is the media uproar over the obscene amounts of money the Dem’s are raising?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Keep in mind that Rats get their political contributions from unions, Hollywood, teachers, and other left-wing groups.

[WTSand]

What I can’t understand. Why would any conservative give one thin dime to the Republicans? Right now the candidates are nothing but liberal lites.

[US_MilitaryRules]

The rnc called for some dough and I told the guy that when the republicans find their balls I’ll donate!

[MikeA]

Oh spare us your nonsense and your mindless threats. The vast majority of the GOP supports those candidates you call RINOs as the polls show, while the no-named nobodys you minority faction fanatics support like the growler-in-chief Duncan Hunter pull in no money and even less support in the polls. If this is a result of “RINOs” running, then why aren’t the “non RINOs” like Hunter pulling in any money, indeed far less than the “RINOs?”

No, this is simply a function of the fact that the Democratic primary is turning out to be the most fearsomely competitive as well as Hillary being a fundraising monster. The simple fact is there are not sharply divided lines between the GOP primary candidates as there are between Hillary and Obama which is turning out to be where the real fight is going to be, not on the GOP side.

In addition, Democrats are in obsessive partisanship mode right now while GOP donors are just biding their time. Wait until the general election when Democratic donors have been bled dry. That’s when GOP donors will really open their wallets to keep the hag (Hillary) or the hack (Obama) out of the White House.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

It’s a long time until the primaries.

[Pukin Dog]

Your point is kind of stupid, seeing as Romney raised more primary money than anyone. Romney and Rudy equals Clinton and Obama, so you would have to reason (as if you Hunter folks could do that) that its the appointed Conservatives dragging down the money hunt.

[razorback-bert]

Could it be because every RNC fundraising letter I get goes directly into the shredder unopened.

[Route66]

I’m saving my money for Fred. When he announces, I think he will quickly raise more money than all of them.

[staytrue]

The Republican base doesn't want to give money to the RINO frontrunners

So what is the combined total of the fundraising for the true conservatives Hunter, Tancredo, Paul and Thompson ?

[tsowellfan]

A republican PR machine seems non-existant. Pelosi & co and the Iranian President seem to have a free ticket. I thought by now the Condi Rice would be publically all over Pelosi for taking US foreign policy into her own hands.

[oldbill]

We got Republicans in the Senate , including the leader, reneging on the fence.

We got Republicans in cahoots with Dem contributors like Gates and Ellison planning on unlimited guest and H1 visas.

We got the President saying that he now wants amnesty and citizenship for every illegal, not just “those who have been here a long time”.

We got Republicans in the Senate voting with the Democrats on the war funding.

We got a front-runner fighting for unlimited government-funded abortion and gun control.

We got an RNC chairman saying that we need open borders and amnesty.

And now they want our money. Let the RNC and the current caandidates get their money from Gates and the Wall Street Journal and the Chamber of Commerce.

[nowandlater]

We’re in serious trouble. Money is not the only thing. 50% of the public are declaring themselves Democrats. While at the same time Republican registration has fallen nationwide to near anemic levels to 35%. Also 3/4 of Independents are now stating they see themselves aligning with Dem policies. We are in serious trouble for 2008.

For these reasons, even though I a Mitt supporter, I want anyone and everyone (Fred and Newt please get in ASAP) who can generate excitement and buzz in this race. We need to give the independents someone to get excited about or we are in for an even worse defeat in 2008.