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Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts) Sat Jul 14, 2012, 11:51 PM Jul 2012

Is Romney still using his own money. Or did he use his own money for this recent primary?

I remember 2008 and all the talk of Romney using 20, 30 40 million dollars of his own money to NOT get the nomination.

I don't remember seeing any stories THIS time around.

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Is Romney still using his own money. Or did he use his own money for this recent primary? (Original Post) Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 OP

He got burned in 2008. moondust Jul 2012 #1

moondust

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1. He got burned in 2008.

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Sun Jul 15, 2012, 02:08 AM

Jul 2012

I know he spent millions of his own money just on the Iowa caucus in 2008 and then came in second after Huck. I don't know how much he spent in New Hampshire but he came in second after McCain.

From The Nation:

Overall spending (in 2012) is down, primarily because Mitt Romney spent a ton of money in Iowa in 2007 but very little in 2011. The big takeaway, however, is the rise of outside interest group spending. In 2008, nearly all spending came from ad buys by the campaigns themselves. In 2012, more than half the spending has come from outside groups, mostly super PACs formed in the wake of Citizens United:

Super PACs Now Dominate GOP Primary Campaign Spending

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