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Mitt Romney’s Path: Victory by Slog

By: Jonathan Martin Mitt Romney is sketching a path to the GOP nomination that looks nothing like the one blazed by Republicans before him. Romney’s plan, by necessity, more closely resembles the outline of the epic 2008 Democratic presidential primary than the GOP’s recent victory-by-early-knockout design. With glaring weaknesses in two of the traditional early [...]

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Mitt’s in the money

Romney started off this year with $1.4 million in the bank after he brought in $6.3 million in 2010, a strong and consistent year that keeps him in a top spot in the presidential money race. His numbers top even Palin, who will start the year with $1.3 million after raising about $4.5 million last [...]

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Six Top GOP Donors Call for New Leadership at RNC

By: Ben Smith POLITICO Six top Republican contributors – five of them past RNC finance chairmen – sent a letter today to members of the committee detailing the party’s financial problems and urging them to pick a new chair to replace Michael Steele. “In this past election cycle, record fundraising has been achieved by the [...]

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Palin’s reality: Rivals in need of some TLC

The Concord Monitor By: The Editorial Staff In a sober examination of the latest trends in political campaign financing, the New York Times recently described how Mitt Romney is taking advantage of state-level political action committees in New Hampshire and beyond to help finance his expected run for president in 2012. Romney’s maneuvering was portrayed [...]

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Romney, top aides, to lunch with K St. today

Mitt Romney and two of his senior aides are holding a small lunch  in Washington today to brief GOP lobbyists and potential 2012 supporters on what the former governor and his PAC have done for candidates this cycle. “Spencer Zwick, Finance Director and Matt Rhoades, Executive Director will join the Governor at lunch to give an update [...]

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Russ Carnahan Flinches, Admits He’s In Deep Trouble

24TH STATE.COM Russ Carnahan just sent out a desperate plea for money. In a D+7 district, Carnahan knows he’s in deep trouble. But don’t take my word for it.  Take his. From: “Russ Carnahan ” <Russ@russcarnahan.com> Date: October 11, 2010 9:35:42 AM CDT To: Subject: I’m not kidding Reply-To: Russ@russcarnahan.com We have 22 days left [...]

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Sarah Palin, Michael Steele Linking Up For Pair Of RNC Rallies

Nick Wing THE HUFFINGTON POST Sarah Palin and Michael Steele, two of the GOP’s more against the grain figures, will be coming together in October to help raise money for the RNC. The former Alaska Governor and current RNC Chairman are set to make two stops, one in Anaheim, California, on October 16 and another [...]

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President Obama Owes Los Angeles a Big Apology

By: Hunter Walker        TheWrap.com I am coming to you live from the center of the worst traffic jam I have ever seen in my life. I’ve been trapped here for over three hours because President Obama and a group of Hollywood insiders are having a fancy fundraiser. Someone apparently decided that Obama’s $30,000-a-plate dinner at [...]

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Quotes from the Campaign Trail

Below is a very brief excerpt from a WaPo article about President Frequent Flier and his latest Air Force One junket to try to bail out his failed party. ~~John Cronin~~ The Washington Post After speaking at the factory here, Obama headed for a fundraising event in nearby Milwaukee for Mayor Tom Barrett, a gubernatorial [...]

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Ed Martin Surges: Carnahan Stalls

ST. LOUIS, MO.) July 23, 2010 – Today, the political world is wondering about the stalled fundraising of Congressman Russ Carnahan as his opponent Ed Martin continues to surge.  In the final report before the primary, Carnahan reports raising just over $9,000, while Ed Martin nearly doubled this with more than $18,000. More troubling for [...]

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