[EL] 80% of time fundraising

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

This is of course ridiculous and caused by exceeding low candidate  
contribution limits. You cannot even buy a Democrat candidate  for $2600 or even 
$5200.  Anecdotal evidence is that it takes at least  $99,000 in cold hard 
cash to buy a Democrat candidate (Jefferson) and at  least $140,000 to buy a 
Republican one (Cunningham). 
 
These low candidate contribution limits also are accountable for the  vast 
majority of fund given to independent groups that the "reformers"  spend all 
their time complaining about -- a problem they created.
 
These limits need to be raised or eliminated to stop this distortion of the 
 system.  Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 7/28/2014 11:56:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

_“Leaked Memo Tells  Senate Candidate To Spend 80 Percent Of Her Time 
Raising Money”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63797)   
 
Posted on _July 28, 2014 8:54  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63797)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

 
_HuffPo_ 
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/michelle-nunn-fundraising_n_5628018.html) ‘s  Paul Blumenthal: 
A campaign strategy memo prepared for Georgia Democratic Senate candidate  
Michelle Nunn last year and leaked online on Monday reveals far more than  
just the inner workings of one high-profile Senate campaign. Details in the  
memo illuminate the dominant role of fundraising in the political world. 
“Hitting our targets will require us to prioritize fundraising above all  
else and to focus the candidate’s time on it with relentless intensity,” the 
 _memo_ 
(http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/235287519?access_key=key-7XLZhUlmcqs8zb0ft3xs&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll) , written in 
December 2013 and _leaked to National Review_ 
(http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383894/michelle-nunns-campaign-plan-eliana-johnson#GASen) , states in 
a section on the  campaign’s finance plan. 
To reach the campaign’s target of raising $15 million to $20 million for  
the entire race, the memo urges that Nunn’s time be budgeted almost  
exclusively for fundraising, at least until the tail end of the race. Nunn,  who 
would face no serious competition in the Democratic primary, should  spend 
between 70 and 80 percent of her time raising money from January  through 
September, according to the memo. Only in October does the  recommended 
fundraising time drop to 50 percent. 
The memo estimates that there are 2,500 campaign hours in 2014 and  
recommends that 2,201 of them be spent raising  money.


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