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May 31, 2007
The Backlash Begins
Donations to the GOP down - 40%.
There has been a sharp decline in contributions from RNC phone solicitations, another fired staffer said, reporting that many former donors flatly refuse to give more money to the national party if Mr. Bush and the Senate Republicans insist on supporting what these angry contributors call "amnesty" for illegal aliens.What? Did these guys honestly think they could just force an unpopular bill down the throats of their base and pretend nothing is happening?"Every one donor in 50 states we reached has been angry, especially in the last month and a half, and for 99 percent of them immigration is the No. 1 issue," said the former employee.
Well, um...that's kind of what the party is doing.
The RNC spokeswoman denied that the committee has seen any drop-off in contributions.Note what she says - "overall donations." And she makes a point to say the GOP is still raising more than the Democrats."Any assertion that overall donations have gone down is patently false," Miss Schmitt said. "We continue to out raise our Democrat counterpart by a substantive amount (nearly double)."
But small donors like me, who make up the majority of broad support for a candidate or a party? No mention of that.
Things are only going to get worse, guys.
I'm more liberal than many on this issue, and I'm ticked off. Enforcement, then a path to citizenship. But enforcement first. (H/t: Bryan)
Posted by slublog at May 31, 2007 09:43 PM
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Remember how all the Republican Senators sent all kinds of messages to Bush about the war in Iraq, about how the war is going to bring them and other Republicans down in 2008?
Well, how come virtually none of these folks are telling Bush the same thing about the Immigration Amnesty?
Could they know something we don't?
Just asking.
Posted by: Paul A'Barge at May 31, 2007 10:26 PM
Both of my Senators voted against it, but that doesn't make up for the rest of the GOP selling out. They act like losing the small donors is no big thing. Wait until they realize that even though money is nice, they aren't the same as votes on election day. There's a lot more voters than there are people donating to the RNC.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 31, 2007 10:43 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if global warming and other ecology issues are going to be a big part of the Democratic primary season and presidential platforms. In that case, the GOP will have all teh $$$ it needs from oil companies (record profits, after all), car companies, etc., to need the base's donations.
Posted by: mainiacjoe at June 1, 2007 09:57 AM
Not sure. The war is going to be the big issue, and oil companies and car companies see political donations as business expenses and tend to split them about 60-40 so as not to get anyone on their bad side.
Posted by: Slublog at June 1, 2007 10:06 AM