I'm very confused - Romney's Fundraising

[kah13176]

I've heard many sources claim Romney raised $10 mil.

I've heard other people claim Romney got only 10 mil in promises.

Which is true? By true, I mean, what is going to appear on the FEC reports?

Assuming it's only promises, then are we in the lead as far as this quarter's fundraising?

[Gage]

Google is your friend.

[mit26chell]

Ron said he actually raised the 10 million.

[cameronb]

Here's a link from DailyPaul where Ron says it is just pledges:
http://www.dailypaul.com/165239/ron-paul-questions-mitt-romney-re-romney-s-105-million-fundraising

This article from an Oregon newspaper also indicates the 10 million was just pledges:
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110521/NEWS0107/105210373/1159&nav_category=

[tsai3904]

Which is true? By true, I mean, what is going to appear on the FEC reports?

The FEC will report how much cash the candidate raises.

[sailingaway]

Probably FEC will report $30 million. THat $10 million was just promises but that was only one day and he has been having mega fundraising going on. Last time he raised over $20 million in the second quarter and supposedly his modus operandi this time is to raise so much it scares rivals, and their donors, off. And he isn't going to participate in any straw polls which are expensive. Last year he spent about a million on the Ames straw poll, per press accounts.

[tsai3904]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-backers-launch-super-pac/2011/06/22/AGTkGchH_story.html


A group of prominent Mitt Romney backers has quietly launched a “super PAC” to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in support of his bid for the White House, according to organizers and others involved in the effort.

“This is an independent effort focused on getting Romney elected president,” said Charles R. Spies, the super PAC’s treasurer, who served as Romney’s general counsel in 2008. “We will do that by focusing on jobs and his ability to fix the economy.”

The Romney campaign, which is barred from coordinating with Restore Our Future PAC or any other outside group, is expected to report at least $25 million in contributions in filings with the Federal Election Commission next month.

[libertybrewcity]

He has so much money that he can throw in what ever he needs to win the fundraising race.

[mit26chell]

Clarifying my post - initially when Ron was first asked he told the reporter that we didn't know how much of that was actually donated, vs how much was pledged.

I later saw him in an interview saying something like, 'it looks like the Romney campaign brought in 10 million,' (or maybe it was in one of his mass emails?). Don't remember.
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[cameronb]

Actually I do remember the email you're talking about. I just looked it up and RP's email from June 2nd stated, "establishment candidate Mitt Romney raised 10 million dollars in one day..." But it was just pledges. As the other posters have stated though, its somewhat irrelevant because anyway you slice it, Romney is a juggernaut on fundraising and we can defeat him with the power of IDEAS.

[Paul4Prez]

Rudy Giuliani was a fundraising juggernaut last time ($58 million, compared to $53 million for Romney, $37 million for McCain, and $28 million for Paul).
It didn't help him much.

[Paul Or Nothing II]

Rudy Giuliani was a fundraising juggernaut last time ($58 million, compared to $53 million for Romney, $37 million for McCain, and $28 million for Paul).
It didn't help him much.

+1

Of course, money is important & we should try to get as much as we can for Ron but we ought to remember that it's NOT the be all & end all

[acptulsa]

Rudy Giuliani was a fundraising juggernaut last time ($58 million, compared to $53 million for Romney, $37 million for McCain, and $28 million for Paul).
It didn't help him much.

On the one hand, the conventional wisdom is correct about money being a prime vehicle to get exposure. On the other hand, as Nixon discovered, exposure is a two-edged sword. And I'm not convinced that it's Flip Flopney's best friend and ally...

[Bern]

No amount of money is going to change the fact that Romney is plastic in a suit.