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Romney sits on 3/4 of a BILLION but makes headlines for kicking $150K into his own campaign.
WASHINGTON - The Romney campaign added two noteworthy names to the donor rolls this week: Ann and Mitt Romney.
The couple donated a combined $150,000 this week to the Romney Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee established last month that collects cash for the Romney campaign, the Republican National Committee and several state political parties.
The donation was first reported by CNN and was confirmed to the Tribune Washington Bureau/Los Angeles Times by a Romney aide. The campaign declined to detail why the Romneys chose to pony up to the campaign now.
It is the first time this cycle that the former Massachusetts governor has poured his own money into his campaign coffers. But he has not been averse to self-funding in the past. In 2008, Romney gave his campaign $44.6 million - 42 percent of the $107 million he raised in all, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120519mitt_romney_wife_contribute_150000_to_his_campaign/
The couple donated a combined $150,000 this week to the Romney Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee established last month that collects cash for the Romney campaign, the Republican National Committee and several state political parties.
The donation was first reported by CNN and was confirmed to the Tribune Washington Bureau/Los Angeles Times by a Romney aide. The campaign declined to detail why the Romneys chose to pony up to the campaign now.
It is the first time this cycle that the former Massachusetts governor has poured his own money into his campaign coffers. But he has not been averse to self-funding in the past. In 2008, Romney gave his campaign $44.6 million - 42 percent of the $107 million he raised in all, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120519mitt_romney_wife_contribute_150000_to_his_campaign/
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Maybe it was just petty cash money for tips and such. 
