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In reply to the discussion: Fuck That! I'm Fighting. [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)I'm pretty sure his objective is to raise $50M for the primary. If he's the Democratic nominee for the general he will get a much wider backing from party affiliates and virtually every union out there. He'll have a much bigger pool of money for the general.
He won't get the kind of money the republican nominee will have. However since he doesn't run attack ads, he won't need that kind of money.
That doesn't even take into account the Democratic PAC money spent. He may not accept it, but that doesn't mean it won't get pumped into the race against the republicans. If Hillary loses the primary that doesn't mean everyone is going to go sit on their thumbs and concede defeat. Many groups will push for whoever has a (D) after their name come generals. There's a lot of money out there and it's going to get spent one way or another. If it doesn't get spent on him we're going to have a hell of a lot of congress people with a sudden influx of advertising for them.