[EL] 80% of time fundraising

Tue Jul 29 12:40:11 PDT 2014

I must agree that based on this evidence Ney is a cheap date.   Jim

In a message dated 7/29/2014 1:14:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jerald.lentini at gmail.com writes:

Yes, and that included more than one instance of buying his  services, not 
just a single instance of corruption. Here's a more detailed  breakdown of 
Ney's rates during his exceedingly corrupt tenure in DC, courtesy  of the 
Justice Department: 
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_crm_622.html   

And while I admire your restraint in not pointing out the full extent of  
Jefferson's corruption, if you're going to use aggregate numbers for Ney, you 
 should at least do the former Distinguished Gentleman from Louisiana the  
courtesy of noting that he was actually accused of taking between $400,000 - 
 $1,000,000 worth of bribes, with an eye for far more. Apples to apples, 
the  Democratic member left the Republican in the dust. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson_corruption_case

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM, <_JBoppjr at aol.com_ 
(mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com) > wrote:

Not according to the New York Times.  They say $170,000 in total  from 
Abramoff and his agents. 

_Click here: Ney Pleads Guilty to  Corruption Charges_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101300169.html)  

Democrats are still cheaper.  Jim Bopp

In a message dated 7/29/2014 11:14:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_jerald.lentini at gmail.com_ (mailto:jerald.lentini at gmail.com)  writes:

Well, as I recall, Bob Ney sold himself for substantially less than  Duke 
Cunningham, so if we're going by anecdotal evidence, we should just  say the 
market is fluid.

-JR

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Subject: [EL] 80% of  time fundraising

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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