Six cash-strapped Republican White House hopefuls face tipping point
Source: Reuters
Half a dozen Republican presidential candidates are edging toward financial crisis, raising the specter that some may be forced to drop out of the sprawling field of contenders.
They all spent more than they took in during the third quarter, according to campaign finance reports filed on Thursday. The six are: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former New York Governor George Pataki, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
Together, they raised $6 million but spent more than $9.5 million during the summer on everything from postage to travel to campaign rallies. All six are trailing badly in the polls.
"They are living on the edge," said Lawrence Noble, former general counsel to the Federal Election Commission."We are getting close to the time when a lot of these candidates are going to say, 'We can't do it, it can't be done,'" said Noble, now a senior attorney with the Campaign Legal Center, a campaign finance non-profit.
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ruffburr
(1,190 posts)Awful bad for these asshats, (NOT), But maybe their "God" just works in mysterious ways since they obfuscate his word to suit their own needs.
Remember, tho: Cruz's old man said Ted was anointed by God to be our leader and turn the treasury over to the priests! (Music from The Twilght Zone in the background) I still haven't heard Ted deny it, either!
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I could see trump burning out....Carson never has a serious chance and Cruz getting the nomination which is far to close to the presidency in my opinion. He is the worst!
NonMetro
(631 posts)And Cruz is leading the GOP crusade to put women back in their place using this phony Planned Parenthood smear campaign, too!
Hm....Did Cruz and the RNC plan that whole thing? Would that surprise anyone if they did?
trusty elf
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wordpix
(18,652 posts)slashed salaries of his top campaign execs.
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longship
(40,416 posts)I don't think that situation has changed, no matter how many are still in the running.
on edit: And by the way, I heard the other day that upon the Democratic candidate debate that the winner was both the Democratic Party and the United States of America.
I love that.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)before the first primary. If those 6 dropped that would leave: Trump, Bush, Fiorina, Rubio, Carson, Cruz, Christie, Kasich, and Gilmore.
Although money may not be an issue since he's probably running on a shoestring budget, I would think Gilmore will drop out soon as well. Someone on the Republican side needs to find some serious dirt on Trump and get him out of the race.
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LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Maybe we could use the Huckster and the other five as a test case
trusty elf
(7,348 posts)I'm sure the money would pour in!
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thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)Heck, *I* could probably find 80 people to give me money to run for President.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)What great money managers. Glad they won't be running the country.