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StumblePublished Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 | 9:27 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 | 10:29 a.m.
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle’s campaign is reporting the conservative candidate raised $14 million last quarter, putting her on a nearly even financial footing with her opponent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Angle’s haul far outpaces any record set by a Nevada candidate, including Reid.
Reid’s campaign has said it is on pace to raise $25 million this cycle. But according to FEC records, the campaign raised just $13.8 million from January 2009 to August 2010. Reid has not released his third quarter fundraising figures yet. NOTE: Reid's campaign says they have raised almost $20 million so far in the six-year cycle that started in 2005.
Angle’s campaign has not released how much money it has spent so far this quarter, but has maintained a heavy statewide television buy since this summer.
Since she emerged from the Republican primary in June almost penniless, Angle has focused almost solely on fundraising. She launched an aggressive small-donor email campaign, held high dollar fundraisers in Washington, D.C., New York, Texas and elsewhere and solicits funds in almost every media interview she gives.
National pundits are likening her fundraising prowess to that of U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., who raised $14.2 million in January, according to the Washington Post.
The fact that she raised that much money shows how NON-grassroots she really is. It also shows how beholden she is to the businesses that contributed. So the bottom line is this: If you want to see the U.S. Constitution repealed, if you want to have an extreme regime in power, and if you want to see any notion of a democracy dead and buried, vote for Sharron Angle. Me personally, I'll be voting for Harry Reid, the one, lone, sane voice in this race.
Talk about record spending!
Chunky says:
She'll need every penny of it and then some!
The Chunks family will donate $1.00 to ALL campaigns if they'll quit filling his mailbox and TV with campaign SPAM.
That's what Chunky thinks!
It shows that she is getting money from American Crossroads GPS - money from foreign countries. I hope this is investigated. Maddow did a show earlier this month showing that American Crossroads gets 85% of their funding from just 3 rich Americans who are hell bent on buying the election. American Crossroads GPA is taking money from out of the country to buy the election for the GOP.
Judy: who is Maddow? Is this person relevant to the political dialogue?
uhave2laff couldn't be more wrong. The camapign is indeed grassroots, just like her primary campaign. The majority of the money is coming in small donations from people all over the country who realize how important it is that we get rid of Harry Reid. Dingy Harry's money is coming from trial lawyers and casino owners and other special interests. He is bribing people with your tax money to raise funds in order to continue to smear Sharron.
Amazing what a little T&A can do... and she'll still loose! LOL
Isn't there suppose to be a cap on what these clowns can spend?
She better clean up all her stupid signs across town after she looses.
It is a sorry indication of American politics that so much money is required by both candidates to try to buy the election. Each party will undoubtedly use most of the money to smear the opponent. Believe it or not, many other democratic countries, like Canada, do not operate their major elections this way. Issues are prominent, not expensive fibbing and lying political ads.
FromBellevilleCanada (Don Desaulniers)
Contrary to what others have posted, there are distinct limits on how much any individual "person" can give to a given candidate. Based upon these limits ( http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contr... ) it can be seen that Angle's claim to having a "grassroots" appeal is not unreasonable.
Further, other reports have stated that outside groups have spent about $2M on Angle, that is far less that what she has raised in direct donations.
Now the question of whether or not a candidate should be allowed to accept out-of-state donations is another matter altogether. Both Reid and Angle have received about 75% of their contributions from people who do not reside in Nevada.
She needs to provide proof of this absurd claim.
Does anyone else find the current system of financing a campaign disgusting? To me there should be a fixed amount that comes from the government. If someone wants to give to political campaigns it should go to a general fund to be divided among candidates. I believe that elections should not be based upon how good a fund raiser the candidate is. It would also give us a chance to determine how well a candidate uses a fixed amount, i.e. sticks to a budget. The real benefit is that it would prevent anyone or any country from impacting an election. Too many voters appear to be basing their decision on how many lawn posters they see.
Until we do something about the way elections are funded we are going to lose our real freedom. Local elections should be funded by locals no one else. To do so changes the reality of the election. We are supposed to be electing people to represent us no one else. Yet the reality is that people from Texas or wherever else dictate who OUR elected officials are. This practice is extremely dangerous. Especially when either party who happens to have the "money" can further there own interests That pendulum swings both ways and both ways are completely wrong.
3d3000,
Do the math. The maximum contribution that a candidate may receive from an individual (which includes corporations) is $2,400. So, $14M divided that that gives a minimum of 5834 contributors. If we assume an average contribution of $250 we see a minimum of 56,000 backers. That's a reasonable claim to being grassroots, especially when you consider that the average contribution is probably even lower, under $100.
It looks like 'old money' is flowing to the State of Nevada - with the intention of benefiting the Right-Wing candidate!
JUDY..... Where does the Democrats get their money from? Have u ever heard of George Soros? He is the one that made a fortune by manipulating the market. Speaking about the pot calling the Kettle black? I give ANGLE all the credit . Reid has had his time and it's about time he went to an assisted living home Another point how much is spent with Obama traveling around the country campaigning ? Where does Clinton get his money campaigning? Can't wait for the election and 2012. You notice the Democrats do not campaign for Health care,Tarp,Stimulus ,Unemployment ETC.The only thing they are campaigning about is where the GOP is getting their money. BTW where did the Community Organizer get his money while campaigning?
Sorry. No Senatorial candidate these days is 'grass roots' (whatever that means). Unless someone uses their own money to fund an election, they are selling Senatorial votes and favors...no matter how you spin it. Nothing is free in this society.
The "US" in US Chamber of Commerce stands for "Unnamed States", believe it. How much money came through the Chamber from the Saipan garment industry? You'll never know because Chamber money is "fundable", meaning cash can be exchanged for services, etc. A service to Saipan enriches the Chamber and we go from there.
Corporations today are allowed UNLIMITED contributions so that one management group, i.e. ONE CEO can donate $250,000 or more to ONE CAMPAIGN. Do the MATH: $14 MILLION, 56 DONORS. Kapish?
If they just were willing to pay their taxes these contributors would at least get something back--i.e. paved roads and at least minimal schools in Nevada. Oh right. The contributors are all out of state. They are looking to buy their way into openning Yucca Mountain.
It is astounding that a candidate who can only be fairly described as a delusional moron living in a Fox fed fact free fascist fantasyland is beheld by a least a number of people throughout the land as qualified for public office. To call anyone who is supported by the tea party "grass roots" is to ignore the basic fact that the tea party was created by funds from Koch Chemical and by endless media support from the open sewer of right wing propaganda, Fox News (sic..very sick). If the citizens of Nevada are dumb enough to elect this cretin, they deserve her. The sad truth is, however, that a single senator, under the current rules, can do infinite harm: witness Jim DeMint.
Hold your nose if you must but vote for Harry Reid.
The community organizer actually got some of his money from foreign countries. But naturally they did not do anything about it. George Soros the great liberal throws money at the dems like it is confetti. So which rich people bought the election for obama?
The campaign contribution law says that money cannot come from foreign countries! It also says that candidates do not have to reveal their donors names either.
The right wing candidate? I sure hope that she does a better job than the left wing candidate has done over the last six years. On the news this morning the CBO has revealed that the great threesome has spent three trillion dollars this year.....Talk about out of control spending. So tell me all you liberal geniuses, just how long can the USA sustain the spending habits of this administration without going bankrupt. The lying three will tell you they saved three million jobs when they have not done so. They will claim to have signed in the largest tax cut bill in history, when they have not. They will claim the health care bill saves money, when it does not! They will promise to extend the Bush tax cuts, when they do not have any intention of doing so. When they return to office they will let the bush tax cuts expire and American families will be pulling more money out of their budgets to give to the federal government. A government that prints money on a whim and could care less about the people.
If Nevada lets reid, taxus and berkley return to DC, then we are doomed, because they have no intention of doing anything for the people, but they will continue pushing their tax and spend agenda. Cap and trade will take another 2K out of your budget....so if you like the way it is going, vote for them...IF YOU DON'T, VOTE ALL THREE OF THEM OUT OF OFFICE!!
America is for the Americans not the politicians.
Isthis4real,
Why are you so concerned about the public debt on one hand, yet so opposed to letting any of the Bush tax cuts expire? Do you really expect to save a trillion dollars by solely cutting back on non-military and non Social Security spending?
Please flush out this argument for me a little more because I am not sure how you can have it both ways.
Who? can contribute $250.00 or a $100.00 for that matter in this recession who are these grass root people that are not affected by this economy that has an extra $250.00 bucks to send because if you have that money you haven't been impacted.
Where does all the money go ? Please tell me Mr Sun . 25 + 14 million should have the Nevada economy spinning . How much really stays in Nevada ? Or does it go back out of Nevada to the out of state media outlet owners ?
"Corporations today are allowed UNLIMITED contributions so that one management group, i.e. ONE CEO can donate $250,000 or more to ONE CAMPAIGN. Do the MATH: $14 MILLION, 56 DONORS. Kapish?" - SonJon
That is simply, totally false. Direct contributions to candidates are still limited to $2,400 by individuals. See the link to the FEC I posted earlier.
What SCOTUS changed was the fact the corporations and organizations are now free to spend on third-party efforts without limit. But the limits on direct contributions is still in place.
What is also still in place is the prohibition on foreign contributions, which specifically includes those from illegal immigrants. Do you want to check every donation received by Reid and various left-wing PACs?
I love to watch the Republicants spend like crazy to no avail.
Isthis4real,
Are you there? I need to know how Angle is going to remove the $1 trillion defecit by solely cutting non-military, non-social security spending.
Since the Bush tax cuts have not been a part of the federal budget for 8 or 9 years, then that money is still in the pockets of the American family. If they let them expired they will have let the largest single most tax hike take effect in history..
The feds need to learn to live within a budget...you know like local government has to do...
Cut big government and their slush funds and see how much can be saved....
TO boftx: I am totally correct in saying that
"Corporations today are allowed UNLIMITED contributions so that one management group, i.e. ONE CEO can donate $250,000 or more to ONE CAMPAIGN. Do the MATH: $14 MILLION, 56 DONORS. Kapish?"
Direct contributions by individuals are limited to $2400, but Corporations may provide UNLIMITED FUNDS to political campaign, albeit by giving to SHELL ORGANIZATIONS who themselves give to the Political Campaign.
"Target recently gave $150,000 to pro-business organization MN Forward in its effort to help elect Republican Tom Emmer governor of Minnesota, where Target is based. The donation has sparked calls for a Target boycott."
READ ALL ABOUT IT:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/compan...
And tell me it isn't so. Stop distorting facts with runaround Winger hose text.
Isthis4real,
Do you really believe that these 'slush funds' add up to $1 Trillion? R U 4 Real?
Eliminate all the slush funds and you are still borrowing hundreds of billions from the Chinese to fund the Bush tax cuts. But I'll leave the fuzzy math to you and the rest of the Angle minions to figure out.
Most of the money Angle raised was initially supposed to go to Harry Reid. People are becoming aware of the shortcomings of Reid. They are switching allegiance. Harry Reid has done nothing for Nevada. He will do more for Nevada by getting his donkey whipped in 3 weeks.
Harry Reid is sweating putty balls these days. He is going to have to live on his pension now instead of his payoffs from the Mining and Casinos.
This a justifiable political killing in response of his blind support of President Obama. Reid is one of the few Democrats that have not turned their back on the Law Professor turned statesman.
SonJon,
Contributing to a PAC is not the same as contributing to a candidate's campaign. So your statement is false. Even PACs are limited to what they can donate to a candidate to a maximum of either $2,400 or $5,000 depending upon certain factors.
Back to Searchlight, Harry!!
Rory, "I'm ashamed of my last name" Reid is toast too!!
Dina Taxes loss will complete the trifecta!!!!
They should be REQUIRED to post and make public who donates to what party, and how much. It would make it easier to boycott companies, like RJ.
OUT OF STATE MONEY...
got that boys and girls...
OUT OF STATE MONEY...
folks that could care less about nevada...
how much do you think the nuclear energy industry gave???
OUT OF STATE MONEY!!!
Special Interest Groups.
Political Action Committees.
Corporations.
Foreign Interests.
Where on the list of contributors of the 14 MILLION DOLLARS is "contributions from 'grass roots' Tea Party supporters"?
Where are YOU on the list of importance to Senatorial Candidate Angle's contributors?
The big dough flowing in here on both sides do not give a RIP about Nevada... couldn't care LESS what state they represent... heck, they aren't really PEOPLE...they're entities... who are essentially purchasing an American Senator. Who CARES what state they're from???
gmag39,
I really expect better from you than your last post. You know as well as I do that the $14M that Angle reported is fully documented for all contributions over $100 by federal law.
There is a very real difference between outside groups and a candidate's campaign fund.
I agree that SCOTUS rendered a horrible decision in Citizens United, and have always pushed for restrictions on campaign donations based on state residency. But you are comparing apples and elephants when you try to the outside groups into campaign funds. Even the amounts are considerably different. Opensecrets.org reports that outside groups have spent about $2M on Angle's behalf, compared to $14M that she has raised directly. Reid isn't far behind on outside spending either, at about $1.5M.
Libs already know that it's over. HA!!!
The true face of Angle appears...COrporate and Wall Street shill. She is not "of the people". No one who is for the people would raise that amount of money so fast for a senatorial campaign. She is being financed by Big Corporations, Wall Street interests and Foreign (Chinese and Arab) money!
Dems....Save your tears for election night.....
She'll have a brothel by December.
notacon said: "No one who is for the people would raise that amount of money so fast for a senatorial campaign."
What does that say about Reid who has done about the same and is on pace for a total of $25M? Who is financing him? Don't say Nevada, almost 75% of his money comes from out-of-state. In fact, the last time Obama was here on his behalf Reid couldn't stay the whole time because he was at fundraisers in California.
Crago: will you go away when Angle wins? Far away?
She was able to raise that much money because of the hate for the incompetent, corrupt, Harry Reid. Everyone knows getting rid of that man is the first step in regaining our country.
I live in California and have sent donations several times to Angle's campaign. It's not just the people of Nevada that want that horrible man out of office, it's the whole nation.
Sharron is leading and will win the seat. The swamp is finally being drained...!
Looks like to me from the above discussion and all the others like it is that both parties are the problem. They are ALL corrupted and yet we the people sit here defending one against the other. Guess what? That divides we the people and at that point WE THE PEOPLE have lost yet again. WE THE PEOPLE need to rise above all of this and start protecting US (us and the United States). But unfortunately all of us are too busy arguing that we can't work together. As the old saying goes Can't see the forest because of the trees.
She was able to raise that much money because of the hate for the incompetent, corrupt, Harry Reid. Everyone knows getting rid of that man is the first step in regaining our country.
I live in California and have sent donations several times to Angle's campaign. It's not just the people of Nevada that want that horrible man out of office, it's the whole nation.
Sharron is leading and will win the seat. The swamp is finally being drained...!
VERY WELL SAID!
You know what the hollering is all about? What's good for the goose is terrible for the gander!
Remember the Feingold-McCain campaign reform. WHAT HAPPENED? When Obama saw he could do better on his own, he opted out.
But, in the words of Soros, "I get out of the way of an avalanche." The public wants to back the obvious WINNER, so dollars go to the Republicans! "How sickening," say the Democrats, we need campaign reform!"
Don't get too excited about the $14M figure...dumb-a$$ Angle's camp is reporting it. Guaranteed it's nowhere close to that number!!!
Karl Rove is determined to return himself to power and also to defeat his sworn enemy, Senator Harry Reid. Here is some information on where Sharrrron Angle gets her contributions:
http://www.americanindependent.com/dalla...
Note that this Texas organization has already spent money on ads slandering Senator Reid. Rove's 527 organizations are created to prevent the American people from knowing who is paying for Republican propaganda, but we can be sure the rich and powerful want Republicans calling the shots again in Washington.
Harry Reid is not a statesman. He is a professional politician, there for the money and power, and while those on Social Security received,again this year, no cost of living raise, those in the senate voted themselves another one. His increase is over half my yearly income. He wheels and deals behind closed doors. We HEAR what he says, but we can't SEE what he does. He wears different hats. It could be said that since he has been in Washington as long as he has and been unable to effectively confront the corruption, lies, and bad decisions we have seen during the last administration that got us into the condition we are in, that he has been in compliance. He just gets richer. We just get more poor and powerless. I don't like his policy or his "compromise ability" because his values are not at all in line with the majority of the citizens of Nevada. Still, he will get my vote this one last time, though in my heart I know he doesn't deserve it or even qualify for the job.
I love it...lets kick H Reid back to searchlight...The American people are expecting us Nevada voters to get this guy out of office...
Sharron Angle will need the $14 million to bale out her handlers.
Police nab 29 in theft, fraud probe dubbed 'Operation Bad Company'
Put that in your bong and smoke it.
"na,na,nah,nah, na,na,nah,nah, hey,hey,hey, Good bye"
November Is Coming !
"Don't get too excited about the $14M figure...dumb-a$$ Angle's camp is reporting it. Guaranteed it's nowhere close to that number!!!"
Wishful thinking.
The donated dollars must be reported to the feds so no room to lie.
Bill "Oral Office" Clinton and Obama will hurt more than help.
Angle is the next Senator from Nevada...
I am undecided at this point. I am waiting for the debate to see if Sharron Angle can substantiate her claims that Reid is responsible for the down economy. Its one thing to throw out conclusory soundbites, its another to back up your statements with sound logic.
Angle's campaign is a great example of a grass roots campaign.
96% was donations under 200 dollars.
94% was donations under 100 dollars.
Doesn't look like big business or special interest amounts to me.
That's it Teabaggers! Give lots and lots of money to the Angle campaign. When Harry wins by a nose, you get it refunded.
@sbob2u - Why don't you keep your money in Kalifornia? You could elect Carly "jobs offshore" Fiorina and nutMeg "illegal slave labor master" Whitman. The last thing we need is Kalifornication of Nevada's political process. You, and the foreigners who control the U.S. Chamber of Commerce political slush fund, subvert democracy with plutocracy and fascism.
For they so 'Hated Harry' in this Senate Race...
They bit of their noses to spite their own face!!!
OFF!
Harry Reid is doing a great job and is also
making republicans put millions back into the
economy.
Greedy republicans lose and Harry Reid wins.
I wear a 9/11 bracelet. I never take it off. It took only a few hours for the World Trade Center to fall. It has been nine years and today only the foundations of the new buildings have been completed.
It took eight years to destroy the infrastructure and the economy of our country. How could anyone expect a new administration to rebuild our country in eighteen months.
The same people who sent our troops to war, sent millions of American jobs abroad, destroyed the economic lives of millions more, allowed insurance companies to literally kill men, woman and children by denying them medical treatment or canceling policies are the literally the same people who are pumping their blood money into the Republican campaigns in Nevada.
How many "grass roots" donations does it take to fund fourteen point five million dollars in campaign contributions for Sharron Angle?
Angle raised more in 3 months from the average Joes than Dingy Harry could raise from his K Street Buddies in 6 years. Grassroots is winning!
SusanKH,
If you didn't lose a family member on 9/11, your bracelet doesn't mean jack.
The people who did have differing views, but all agree that those who didn't have no idea of the emotions that are felt when viewing video clips or documentaries depicting the scenes from that day.
To even try to politicize that event is disgusting.
Sharron Angle for U.S. senate official web-site continually updates the contributions being received. Listing the names of contributors and showing the ever changing totals. Its all there for anyone to see. Over 80,000 people are listed on her face book.
Angle Wins By 9 points!!!! Just can't what.
See-ya Harry.
Fleecing the Republican rubes is really pays off.
And Angle can keep a good chunk of change after Reid gets re-elected.
You betcha. . .
Just shows you people want anyone rather than Harry Read...
We'll send crazy lady right back to Reno,
where she belongs.
SAVE OUR STATE AND COUNTRY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
I actually HAVE inside information on some of the major contributors to Karl Rove's American Crossroads. I have information as to how much they donated, and more importantly WHY they donated and how at least one candidate was willing to sell her vote on a major issue to secure funding from American Crossroads....view for yourself and you tell me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgyzalpAk...