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2016 Postmortem

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

1. They're pushing downticket fights.

Reply to grantcart (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 08:52 AM

Sep 2012

Buy enough congressmen and senators and you can ruin everything just fine without having the presidency.

The only way they could have spent their money to help Romney get into the White House was to pay someone to gag him. Most of them figured out he was a loser and decided not to throw good money after bad.

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Is the idea of vast Rep Super Pacs war chest a myth? Obama @ friends outspend Romney. [View all] grantcart Sep 2012 OP

They're pushing downticket fights. JoeyT Sep 2012 #1

could be but I don't see any actual evidence of that. Don't see any news media reporting on unusual grantcart Sep 2012 #2

I don't know where you live but they sure haven't run out of money in Ohio doc03 Sep 2012 #3

I did not read the part of the OP that said anyone was out of money... Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #4

No one said they are out of the money grantcart Sep 2012 #10

Or else like in the primaries they will go full force in the last weeks and over saturate the market WI_DEM Sep 2012 #5

All those thousands of tax free Republican 'charities' made a living off 'donations' Sunlei Sep 2012 #6

Your point about "Leave no campaign debt behind" is a fascinating one. Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 #7

I heard a rumor that Ann's only condition for running was that no (or only a nominal amount) grantcart Sep 2012 #11

If the big fat cats opening their wallets for Romney think he really has no chance Jennicut Sep 2012 #8

I seriously worry about the long term affects..... Wounded Bear Sep 2012 #9