Rendell: Dems short $10M for convention

[silvershadow]

May 27, 2016, 05:08 pm

Rendell: Dems short $10M for convention

By Jessie Hellmann

The Democratic Party is millions of dollars short of the money it needs to host the Democratic National Convention in July, A key Democrat told Buzzfeed on Friday.

Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and chairman of the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the DNC, told Buzzfeed the party is $9.5 million short of its $64 million goal.

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Another source told Buzzfeed the deficit is closer to $16 million.
"It's a legitimate gap, but we're touching every base to fill it," Rendell said.

more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/281567-report-democrats-short-10-million-for-convention
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Maybe if they hadn't siphoned 99% of the Hillary Victory Fund to Hillary and used it for the DNC as promised..

[bjo59]

1. They can get Comcast to cough up what they don't have. After all what is Comcast

cohosting the Democratic National Convention for anyway?

[silvershadow]

2. I'm sure Comcast is in it for just such an occasion...they foot the $10 million, and in return

the somehow magically see favorable action on the TPP their lawyers helped write.

[CentralMass]

3. Cry us a river Ed.

[nxylas]

4. If only there was a candidate who generated tons of enthusiasm

And who was adept at raising millions in small donations. I bet if the Democratic Party had a candidate like that, they'd treat him like the wonderful asset he is, right?

[dana_b]

14. lol... you're funny

nah - they'd rather kick him in the backside and have their rules committee chairman publicly lash out at him.

And they wonder WHY we wont donate to them....

[merrily]

5. Try Comcast, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Merck, Monsanto, et al.

Ten million is pocket changed for them.

[highprincipleswork]

6. Maybe if the DNC hadn't pissed off longtime Dems like me quite so much, they'd have some more cash.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Call Wall St.!

I'm sure one of their Oligarchs will loan them the money - for special legislation as payback.

I guess I'm not the only person who refuses to fund their corruption.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[LiberalElite]

8. I recently received another DNC snail mail fundraiser

with the ritual appeal on the envelope to stick a stamp in the corner "to save much needed funds." I told them where they could get that money.

[HerbChestnut]

9. $64 million?

Why on earth do they need that much money?

[hopemountain]

13. security. private law enforcement.

catering for back room deal-making meetings, hillary & bill's speaking fees, barney's presidential suite at the hyatt, a private jet for one candidate, etc.


a $64 million budget is excessive unless the city requires some very expensive insurance to cover the event. either way, lots of money going into private pockets.

[dorkzilla]

10. Oh boo hoo hoo

I will NEVER give the DNC another dime. Time to lie in the bed you made! They still have unpaid bills from the last convention, and have been trying to get money from lobbyists by promising access to pols at the convention. Party of the people my ass.

Those who donate $200,400 or bundle a minimum of $750,000 — the top tier in the available options — will get VIP treatment that includes a photo-op at the official convention podium, access to a “premiere hotel” room in the same block as the National Finance Committee and access to celebrations “featuring celebrities and other luminaries, live music and Philadelphia’s most recognized chefs” every night of the weeklong convention.

Less generous packages are available for those who both give and bundle smaller amounts.

Multi-candidate PACs, which include corporate political action committees, are able to give $45,000 per year to the convention fund, and also have comparable prizes for giving anywhere from $30,000 to $90,000.
Donors will also be able to participate in "businesses roundtables and industry panels" happening during the convention.

Spotted at the event on Wednesday were Capitol Counsel’s Shannon Finley, John Raffaelli and David Jones; Vince Frillici from public affairs firm Mercury; Dan O’Brien, the director of political affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions; Dan Turrentine, an in-house lobbyist at H&R Block; Patrice Willoughby of Heather Podesta + Partners; Dan Turton, the vice president of federal and administration affairs at General Motors; and, Ankit Desai the chief lobbyist at Cheniere Energy, according to a source in the room.

Yeah, fuck these people. They really are little better than the GOP; perhaps not as doolally, but just as corrupt.

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/257833-dnc-courts-lobbyist-cash-with-promise-of-vip-access-at-convention

[Robbins]

11. Boo hoo rendell

ask clinton and corporate donors for the money.

it's an outrage they ask regular people for one cent.since they only work for top 1%

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. maybe the lack of donations is finally making them listen to us?