[EL] 80% of time fundraising

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

I would like to see the tax credit for small contributions to  candidates, 
pacs and political parties (say $500, it was 50% of the first $200 a  person 
gave to all of them)restored. This would mean that more people  would give 
more small contributions to  these entities. 
 
But this would have no real effect on the distortion effect of low  
candidate contribution limits and little effect on candidate fundraising.   Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 7/29/2014 9:54:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sambagen at umich.edu writes:

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_ 
(mailto: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_ (mailto: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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