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Carson raises $20M for '16 bid in past 3 months
AP ^ | September 30th, 2015 | By STEVE PEOPLES and HOLLY RAMER

Posted on 09/30/2015 7:04:45 PM PDT by Mariner

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Political newcomer Ben Carson raised more than $20 million in the past three months to fuel his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign said Wednesday, a haul of campaign cash that shatters records and sets a new bar for his GOP rivals.

As other campaigns scrambled to bring in final donations before the end of the fundraising period at midnight, Carson's senior team celebrated its massive haul at its suburban Washington campaign headquarters.

Two dozen staffers shared a red, white and blue chocolate cake topped with frosted numbers "$31,000,000" — the total amount the retired neurosurgeon's campaign has raised since he launched his White House bid in May.

"You know, the pundits all said that we would never be able to mount a national campaign for financial reasons, but here we are approaching 600,000 donations," Carson told The Associated Press while campaigning in New Hampshire. "The people have gotten involved, and that's something I think they probably never anticipated."

The day was a culmination of an extraordinary run for Carson, who tapped the wave of anti-establishment sentiment to raise $12 million in September alone, said campaign manager Barry Bennett.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; election2016
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The article says they'll be buying ads in the South for Super Tuesday.

With hard money.

Where's his Superpac money? Or, do they have any?

1 posted on 09/30/2015 7:04:45 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Rumors are Carson raised more than Jeb. We’ll know in a few hours.


2 posted on 09/30/2015 7:07:21 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Mariner

While I think Carson is a good man, I also think he would be a disaster as president.


3 posted on 09/30/2015 7:09:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: Mariner

He’s going to need a lot more than that.


4 posted on 09/30/2015 7:14:14 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Mariner

The GOPe pumped in the money to help him split votes with Trump so Jeb can win.


5 posted on 09/30/2015 7:15:30 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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I don’t think he’d make it to President. The Damnacrats would make mincemeat of him in the general...


6 posted on 09/30/2015 7:20:50 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: DoughtyOne

Wait until people find out about his immigration plan.


7 posted on 09/30/2015 7:22:31 PM PDT by Amntn
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To: Lexinom

Yes, but the media and the GOPe would love to get him past the convention. Winning with him isn’t the goal. Freezing out Trump or Cruz is their goal.


8 posted on 09/30/2015 7:23:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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"While I think Carson is a good man, I also think he would be a disaster as president."

Those are my sentiments as well.

But he certainly has a following. $20mil in hard money this quarter is significant. It means his campaign can stay in the race through March 1st.

But if he doesn't have a substantial Superpac supportive of his efforts, he'll be unable to buy the necessary air time.

It's very likely this GOP primary won't be decided until California on June 7th, 2016.

9 posted on 09/30/2015 7:23:57 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Amntn

LOL


10 posted on 09/30/2015 7:26:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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"He’s going to need a lot more than that."

By the time of the General, any candidate there will have spent, or had spent on their behalf...$1.5 billion.

Obama bid in 2012 came in at $1.2bil.

11 posted on 09/30/2015 7:27:26 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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When I see that kind of money, I start to wonder where it came from. Friends of Carlotta? “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plad” reference.

Means, the diabolical friends of the GOPe?

Wouldn’t put it past them.

If Trump wasn’t in this race, I don’t think Carson would be getting any attention AT ALL.

The media talks about him to deflate Trump. That’s my take. The money, that seems a bit fishy.

He isn’t all that IMO. At best he should be at about 1/3rd Trumps standing.

Where is his support visually? I seen nothing in the way of big crowds. Where’s his big interviews?

The guy is like the ghost of elections past, and there’s the big money and the supposed polls.

Very strange >IMO.


12 posted on 09/30/2015 7:32:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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Carson is too mushy for me...Hillary would love to sink her teeth into him...he’s just not cut out for POTUS. We need a real fighter...bold and solid conservative which he isn’t.


13 posted on 09/30/2015 8:30:12 PM PDT by gwgn02
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He was on-track for less than $13 million before he dissed the muzzies.


14 posted on 09/30/2015 8:46:49 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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But if he doesn't have a substantial Superpac supportive of his efforts, he'll be unable to buy the necessary air time.
Maybe Cruz's superPAC will give him money like they did for Carly.
The FEC is asking why would Keep The Promise (Ted Cruz PAC) be giving money to Carly For America (Carly Fiorina PAC)?
I dunno, because she's ahead in the polls? Maybe they want to invest in someone not stuck at #6 for weeks.
15 posted on 09/30/2015 11:23:44 PM PDT by lewislynn (Meghan Kelley...#sand--Rosie, the Don was right-- Hillary, lipstick on a pig)
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I don't know how or why but I get E-mail solicitations from Carson. I guess he bought a GOP donor list. It would have to have been an old one.

They go to spam now.

16 posted on 09/30/2015 11:31:47 PM PDT by lewislynn (Meghan Kelley...#sand--Rosie, the Don was right-- Hillary, lipstick on a pig)
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I believe I got them also.

I usually wind up getting something form just about all of them.

Haven’t gotten anything from team Trump yet.


17 posted on 09/30/2015 11:41:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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NO to Carson as president. He's not the right man for the job. Ted Cruz IS the right candidate for the job. We've been praying for a leader who is not afraid to stand up for We the People. Ted Cruz is articulate and has his facts and figures at hand when he speaks, is a Constitutional scholar, loves America and can take on the left with a one-two punch. Americans will either recognize who the best candidate is, or they won't. Remains to be seen. Pray that we as a country do the right thing and elect the right man.
18 posted on 10/01/2015 12:36:16 AM PDT by itssme
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My problem with Cruz isn’t so much him, although there are some things that bother me. It’s his chances in the primaries.

Cruz is seen as a traditional Conservative. While that’s good for you and me, to Democrats and moderate Republicans, it isn’t.

Those reading this will remember that traditional Conservatives are seen as far right wing malcontents, some even calling them “terrorists”. They are to the GOPe and to some of the big names in Washington, D. C. Cruz can’t overcome that label to get votes from these two groups.

If Trump wasn’t there, there would be a war against Cruz. So under no circumstances do I see him winning the nomination. Either Trump does outright, or him being eliminated Cruz becomes public enemy number one and he’s knocked out.

Cruz could not withstand the withering attack Trump has received, and win the nomination.

We are left with two alternatives. We stand behind Trump and hope for the best, or we trash Trump, watch Cruz lose to one of the usual suspects, and head into the General Election with another McCain/Romney.

That’s essentially it in a nutshell.

I also think Trump has the business acumen we need right now. If I were trying to think up the best sort of candidate to address our nation’s financial situation right now, I’m not sure who better to address it.


19 posted on 10/01/2015 8:32:26 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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The super pack is ‘National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee’, which has been around for at least two years. Their claimed numbers don’t seem to add up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/04/17/the-draft-ben-carson-super-pac-raised-a-massive-amount-of-money-over-the-last-three-months-how/

https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?cycle=2016&id=N00036973&type=f


20 posted on 10/01/2015 8:44:02 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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