In every campaign I’ve helped on, the politician has relied on professional fundraisers and personal friends to bring in the dough. From day one of the campaign the Romney camp threw the typical playbook out the door and tapped into the energy of everyday supporters to demonstrate their own fundraising prowess.
Now comes “Rally for Romney“, a cross-country slate of events in over 45 major cities. The idea is to get people to recruit “captains” of fundraising teams that can raise $1000 each. To date, the barrier to entrance has been at least $3000.
This Thursday is the day. We will revamp the homepage, per usual, come Thursday. Stay tuned... but for now... go sign up!
Donations usually slow in the third quarter, but former MA Gov. Mitt Romney is ready to write a check to keep his campaign's $80M budget on track. Still, the campaign will make one last public push.
Called the "Rally for Romney," this two-day event features dozens of local fundraisers across the country and culminates in a major Salt Lake City gala on Sept. 28.
In a video posted on the campaign's website, Romney says that "literally thousands" of Romney supporters have agreed to attend more than 40 different events so far.
The campaign has lowered the entry barrier to just $1,000 per person -- previous events had requested that each person committ to raising $5,000.
"Bring your own lists and your own associate fundraisers to reach that goal," a Romney fundraiser says.
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Romney's fundraising organization is high-tech, and like every other candidate, he keeps track of donation bundlers by providing them with private codes. When they solicit donations, the new donors provide the campaign with the bundler's codes, and the bundlers are thusly rewarded.
I'll be attending the local DC event just outside the beltway in Tyson's Corner then heading up to Baltimore to be live for the PBS debate. Here's the video Marc refers to:
As you may know, the Romney campaign is sponsoring a whole slate of fundraising events at the end of the month. The "Rally for Romney" will be very exciting. Make sure you sign up for your local event!
$100,000 is a worthy goal! I'll help out after Monday. The Romney campaign is bleeding me to death, I'm like a junkie that can't pass up an opportunity to contribute. It's nickel and diming me to death.
Hotline is reporting that Mitt has canceled a fundraiser in Virginia scheduled for tomorrow out of respect for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings.
Hotline also has a take on Romney's straw poll wins in Horry, York, and Orangeburg Co.'s in South Carolina (a follow-up to the report here).
The Romney campaign has raised the bar again by lowering the hurdles to become a fundraiser
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