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Related: About this forum"Low on Cash, Romney Tries to Rally Donors for Final Phase" at the NY Times
Low on Cash, Romney Tries to Rally Donors for Final PhaseBy NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, JO CRAVEN McGINTY and DEREK WILLIS at the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/us/politics/cash-low-romney-striving-to-find-new-large-donors.html?_r=2
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Mr. Romneys campaign took in $67 million that month but also spent about that much, twice the rate of spending as in any prior month, according to reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. More than half of what Mr. Romney raised in August was money he could not spend until after his party convention at the end of the month. And he grew so short of available cash that his campaign borrowed $20 million and sharply curtailed advertising, even while doling out post-convention bonuses to a handful of senior staff members.
The new numbers, along with disclosures filed by major super PACs supporting the two candidates, challenge the appearance of financial strength that had burnished Mr. Romney over the summer, and show unexpected strengths for President Obama going into the fall.
While Mr. Romneys combined fund-raising apparatus began September with $168.5 million in cash, much of it was sitting in the accounts of the Republican National Committee, which reported cash on hand of about $76.6 million. While an estimated $42 million remains in his joint account with Republican Party committees, only some of it will be available to Mr. Romney for his general election campaign.
Mr. Obama and the Democrats, by contrast, began the fall campaign with less money over all, about $125 million. But federal law guarantees candidates, not parties, the lowest available ad rate in the days leading up to a general election. Thanks in part to his army of small donors, Mr. Obama gathered more money in his own campaign account than Mr. Romney, whose advantage lies in raising large checks that primarily benefit the R.N.C.
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"Low on Cash, Romney Tries to Rally Donors for Final Phase" at the NY Times (Original Post)
applegrove
Sep 2012
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spiderpig
(10,419 posts)1. Low on cash??? Isn't he Mr. Businessman?
Try digging into your own pockets for a change, Mittens.
Ugh.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)2. How? I barely saw any activity in his camp in regards to advertising
Where did the money go?
applegrove
(118,793 posts)3. Busing in crowds to his speaking events?