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bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2012, 12:16 AM Jan 2012

I mean his campaign has been a TOTAL disaster and yet he still has all this money to go on the air in these states he's already up with ads in SC Bill Kristol I hear is even calling him to quit the race after Iowa. http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/01/sources-perry-starts-buying-sc-television-time-109466.html

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Can someone explain to me where the heck Perry is getting all this money from [View all] bigdarryl Jan 2012 OP

He spent $5.6 million on ads, got about 12,000 votes=$500 per vote FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #1

Texas big oil. Who else? RBInMaine Jan 2012 #4

big banks SixthSense Jan 2012 #2

big oil. craigmatic Jan 2012 #3

Texas runs on a system of crony politics starroute Jan 2012 #6

He took lobbyists along with him to Iowa rainbow4321 Jan 2012 #7

Looks like he might be thinking of dropping out bigdarryl Jan 2012 #8