Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The next RNC nominee for President is having no trouble raising money.

...It was an impressive haul (click title to entry - thank you) by any measure, including a similar “call day” he held four years ago for his last presidential campaign that brought in about $4 million less....

...Can any of the other contenders for the 2012 GOP nomination even come close? And do they have to?

The answers are “probably not” and “no.” Each candidate faces his or her own benchmark of fundraising success when the bell rings on June 30 and candidates report their second quarter 2012 numbers to the Federal Election Commission. (The results will be made public some time in July, but expect the big fundraisers to trumpet their success in press releases.)...