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Dollars buy Elections?

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Anonymous

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All the tv news shows are focusing on the shortage of money amongst most the Republican candidates- saying the Huckleberry is about broke and working on a shoestring budget- Gagliani has put all his money into Florida (whose total delegates don't count)- and McCain is reported very short on funds....Only Rumney, who has his own checkbook to finance his campaign,- and Ron Paul who has collected large sums from average people and military personell have adequate funding...

Its exactly opposite with the Dems, that have huge treasure chests of funds...Only Edwards has any shortfalls and he still is much better off than those other Repubs...

And in the National parties-- the Dems are getting donations in huge proportions compared to the Repub Party--which is just the opposite of most years....

Veddy Interesting :wink:

From the Votemaster:

To recapture the House, the Republicans need to hold all their own seats (which will be virtually impossible) and knock off 16 sitting Democrats. That would be a tall order under any conditions, but in a year when Democrats are energized, Republicans are demoralized, and the country wants change, it will be especially difficult. What makes this very, very problematic is the money situation. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), chairman of the DCCC had $30 million in the bank as of early January. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the NRCC had $2 million (and debts of more than $2 million). Basically, Van Hollen is loaded and Cole is broke. Van Hollen has already announced about 40 priority districts he wants to pick up. He can afford to dump half a million dollars in each one and still have $10 million for emergency use. Half a million dollars is peanuts in the presidential race, but a lot of money for a House race (the median bank account for incumbents was about $400,000 a couple of months ago). Cole is trying to recruit rich businessmen who can finance their own races, but historically, such candidates generally lose when running against an experienced politician, usually a state senator or assemblyman or the mayor of a big city in the district. All in all, the Republicans have a massive problem on their hands with respect to the House. They could easily lose another 10+ seats, and the chances of their taking back control there are pretty dismal.
 
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Faster horses said:
You mean the Dem's are RICHER than the Repub's?
Heaven forbid!!! They are poor people for the POOR...aren't they? :???:

Looks like the rich and the corporate are putting their money where they think it will do its best-- the winning side..... :wink:
 

jodywy

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Romney made his money buying poor performing companies, firing the dead wood, leaning them down and turning them into profit makers. He be great if he could fire all the federal deadwood
 

Tex

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jodywy said:
Romney made his money buying poor performing companies, firing the dead wood, leaning them down and turning them into profit makers. He be great if he could fire all the federal deadwood

A good review of the RESULTS of our federal bureaucracy and then doing just what you say, Jodywy, would be great. Civil servants are protected by this and can pretty much be used by whatever political wind is blowing at the time with impunity. We end up paying for them to be pawns of politics and wasting a lot of money.
 
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Anonymous

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To me its a sad day in US government when someone can just take out their personal checkbook and buy their self a Presidency :shock: :(

Makes me wonder what the driving force of such a person is :???: We've just survived 7 years of the most arrogant disregard to the publics voice, our legal history, and our Constitution that there has ever been- that has split this country apart and I don't think this country could survive another such "big corporate minded" neocon....
 
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