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fj45lvr
04-03-2011, 11:16 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110403/el_yblog_theticket/rnc-suggests-using-presidential-debates-to-make-money

he Republican National Committee (RNC) has come up with a novel idea to help them retire their $21 million in debt: get the presidential candidates to fix it. The Associated Press reports that the RNC floated a proposal Friday (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_theticket/el_yblog_theticket/storytext/rnc-suggests-using-presidential-debates-to-make-money/40937563/SIG=12aukb5ta/*http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/us/politics/03debates.html?_r=1&ref=us) wherein the committee will sponsor 2012 presidential debates and participants would be required to raise money for the RNC at an accompanying fundraiser for each debate.
Incentives for the candidates include: a friendly format (given that these debates will be wholly controlled by the RNC); and access to the RNC's voter lists.
RNC communications director Sean Spicer declined to confirm to Politico (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_theticket/el_yblog_theticket/storytext/rnc-suggests-using-presidential-debates-to-make-money/40937563/SIG=11medc6l2/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52410.html) whether candidates who choose not to participate in these debates will be denied access to the party's lists.
The RNC, under new chairman Reince Priebus, has been feverishly working to pay down its debt ahead of a major presidential campaign year. Last month, the RNC reported $21 million in debt (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/news/yblog_theticket/el_yblog_theticket/storytext/rnc-suggests-using-presidential-debates-to-make-money/40937563/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110320/el_yblog_theticket/republican-national-committee-reports-21-million-debt) after uncovering an additional $1 million in fees incurred under former chairman Michael Steele. Financial mismanagement of the committee contributed greatly to Steele's ouster.

acptulsa
04-03-2011, 11:23 AM
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?286041-Politico-RNC-proposes-its-own-debatess