Fundraising numbers
This can’t possibly be right:
“Chicago investment banker Lou Sussman is someone you want on your team if you are running for president. …He was the national finance director for the 2004 presidential bid of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). Sussman raised a staggering $244 million for Kerry.”
Umm, $244 million?
Sure, I’d like Lou on my side too, but something tells me that he probably raised a more likely $2.4 million. That’d be a big number. $244 million? That’s “which country would you like us to invade for you?” money. And, for the record, nobody’s raised anywhere close to that number for any candidate. Ever.
Or am I missing something?
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Comments
Shannon, good point. Re-reading the quote, that does appear to be what the article was trying to say. Interesting to see this appear around the same time as Kerry claiming that his biggest mistake in ’04 was accepting matching federal dollars – in other words, pointing the finger at his fundraising operation while continuing to ignore significant issues within the campaign itself.
I think the number they are using is how much the Kerry campaign raised while he was the head fundraiser – I think the number may be right. I think the money spent in 2004 was pretty staggering, many hundreds of millions – I think i once heard about $1B in total expenditures between the dems and republicans (may have included local elections don’t recall precisely)
Shannon