Saturday, June 09, 2007

Thompson's Missteps; McCain's Final Days?

I think McCain's campaign will be in serious trouble if they can't meet the fundraising goal they set after 're-launching' the campaign some weeks ago. Combined with the stink of the immigration mess, it sounds like he's in real trouble:

George W. Bush's 2004 campaign fund-raisers and contributors are being bombarded with appeals for money by Sen. John McCain's heavy-spending, money-short 2008 campaign.

McCain is concentrating heavily on the rich target of lawyers and lobbyists in Washington, D.C. They have been invited to multiple McCain fund-raising events held in the nation's capital, currently a $1,000-a-ticket reception June 26 at the Capitol Hill Club with a potential "event co-chair" asked to raise $50,000. A large percentage of the Bush fund-raising team remains uncommitted, a signal that the Republican establishment is not satisfied with the present field seeking the party's nomination.

McCain's money-raisers are hard put to reach the $10 million goal set for the second quarter of 2008 by the June 30 deadline, after collecting $12 million in the first quarter. McCain raised $2 million in April and $3 million in May, and is expected to reach $2-3 million in June -- falling short of the $10 million goal and of what his opponents have raised.

Read the rest of Novak's piece for info on the nascent Thompson campaign.

1 comment:

Philo-Junius said...

Thompson, in the article, doesn't really make a misstep; he merely indicates that he's not ready to throw women in jail for abortions.

Since this is in fact the mainstream American position, and, in fact, the mainstream pro-life position, I don't see why Novak works so hard to make this appear controversial.

Thompson showed in about 3 sentences how Giuliani could have handled this about 3 months ago, and have already wrapped up the nomination.

PVO