[EL] 80% of time fundraising

[Samuel Bagenstos]

So we can get you to agree on a small-donor matching system like New
York's, so candidates can save all that time on fundraising?


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:31 AM, <JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:

>  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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Samuel Bagenstos
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University of Michigan Law School
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