3rd quarter fundraising #s

[Mr. Morden]

Palin's SarahPAC raised $1.2 million in the 3rd quarter, which tops the $866,000 she raised in the 2nd quarter:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43468.html

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No #s from the other likely 2012ers yet.

[Mr. Morden]

Pawlenty raised "almost $800,000" for the third quarter between his federal PAC and IA and NH state PACs:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/morning-fix/-1-2-3-13.html

That puts him at $1.8 million raised in total for the first nine months of the year, whereas Palin raised $2.5 million over the same period.

Pawlenty doled out $113,000 in contributions from his PAC to candidates this quarter, being especially generous to candidates in IA and NH.

[Mr. Morden]

Pawlenty's "almost $800,000" turns out to be $778,000:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43599.html

Romney raised $1.7 million for the third quarter:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43607.html

which puts him at $5.1 million for the year, more than Palin and Pawlenty combined.

[Poundingtherock]

Nice try Morden.  Romney's state PAC totals are being included in those numbers.  State Pacs do not have federal contribution limits.  I believe Pawlenty has some set up.  Palin doesn't.

But I suspect you knew that.

[Mr. Morden]

Fair point, and the article mentions that at the end that only a bit over $1 million of Romney's $1.7 million on the quarter came from his federal PAC.

On a separate point, though, there's really no need to be so rude in the way you make your points.  Repeatedly making sarcastic remarks like "nice try" and "I suspect you knew that"....You've done that a fair amount, and there's really no need for it here.  It's sufficiently annoying that you've prompted me to use the "Ignore button" for the first time in my six years here.

[Bull Moose Base]

On a separate point, though, there's really no need to be so rude in the way you make your points.  Repeatedly making sarcastic remarks like "nice try" and "I suspect you knew that"....You've done that a fair amount, and there's really no need for it here.  It's sufficiently annoying that you've prompted me to use the "Ignore button" for the first time in my six years here.

A good job representing of the Tea Party at least.  If only America would hit ignore...

[Mr. Morden]

Gingrich's 527 group raised $4 million in the third quarter.  Of course, it's allowed to accept unlimited contributions from both individuals and corporations:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43688.html

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[Bull Moose Base]

That almost reads like Mr. Burns... a coal giant and an Electricity executive paying for Newt Gingrich to fly around in a charter jet.

Curious to see how the Citizens United decision affects primary advertising.

[Mr. Morden]

I can't find any news stories on Huckabee's fundraising, but he did file this with the FEC:

http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/554/10991345554/10991345554.pdf#navpanes=0

If I'm reading that right, Huck PAC raised $288,000 for the quarter, and spent $327,000......which means that it's down to $191,000 cash on hand.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If money still dominates, it appears Romney will be on parity in terms of endorsements in 2012, atleast.

[Mr. Morden]

Based on my layman's reading of Santorum's FEC filing:

http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/151/10991424151/10991424151.pdf#navpanes=0

it looks like Santorum's PAC took in $506,000 this quarter.  Though most of it was spent, so he's only got $79,000 cash on hand.

I guess all those flights to Iowa are expensive.  Good thing for Santorum that he lives close to an air hub.

[Mr. Morden]

So apparently, despite Romney's bigger fundraising #s, Pawlenty has donated almost three times as much $ to candidates in Iowa from his PAC:

link

Might just be a sign that Pawlenty has more ground to make up (since Romney already ran an Iowa campaign in 2008, and still has supporters there), or it might be a sign that Romney's not so sure he's going to go all out in Iowa in the 2012 campaign.  He might do a more NH-centric strategy this time.