Ready for Hillary Raises Over $4 Million from 33,361 Donors in 2013

[brooklynite]

Source: Ready for Hillary

ARLINGTON, VA – Today, the national grassroots organization Ready for Hillary announced it raised more than $4 million in 2013 thanks to contributions from 33,631 Americans.

Ready for Hillary’s next FEC report, which will be filed later this month, will show the group more than doubled the $1.25 million it raised during the first reporting period. Moreover, the group brought in more than 25,000 new contributors during the second half of 2013, three-and-a-half times the number of contributors from the first six months of the year.

“Thanks to the groundswell of enthusiasm for Hillary’s potential run and the steadfast commitment of our supporters, we have exceeded our goals and are ahead of schedule in raising the funds necessary to build a grassroots army that can be activated the moment Hillary makes a decision,” said Ready for Hillary Executive Director Adam Parkhomenko. “This movement is unprecedented – not because of our staff but because of our supporters – and we will continue to build capacity across the country to put Hillary in the strongest position possible should she decide to run.”

Parkhomenko added, “Every contribution, no matter how small, is critical because those resources are immediately reinvested in list-building, digital advertising and on-the-ground organizing to make sure that if Hillary decides to jump in the race, she will have as many supporters as possible lined up from the beginning and ready to help her win.”

Ready for Hillary believes it has more contributors than all other presidential super PACs ever, combined. Contributions ranged from $1 to the group’s voluntary maximum contribution of $25,000, with an average contribution of $82. Ninety-eight percent of contributions were $100 or less. 17,988 contributions were for exactly $20.16, the ticket price for the group’s many grassroots fundraising events across the country. Ready for Hillary received financial contributions from all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories, as well as financial support from Americans abroad and military service members across the world.

In addition to the group’s fundraising figures, the group achieved the following grassroots milestones in 2013: 1.5 million Facebook supporters; 600,000 signatures on our pledge; 250,000 bumper stickers shipped to all corners of the country; and supporting Hillary-endorsed candidates Terry McAuliffe and Bill de Blasio in their successful races.

Read more: https://www.readyforhillary.com

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Since the beating up on Hillary Clinton has begun anew, I thought some perspective on actual support might be useful. If the "Draft Warren/Sanders/Grayson" movement has equivalent figures, please share them.

[Vincardog]

1. Has Money become the only measure of Democratic candidates? We are not the GOP.

[grantcart]

9. This isn't at all like the GOP

with an average contribution of $82. Ninety-eight percent of contributions were $100 or less. 17,988 contributions were for exactly $20.16, the ticket price for the group’s many grassroots fundraising events across the country

This isn't bundlers or big time contributors. Whether people like Hillary or not, this PAC at least, is a bona fide grass roots movement of small contributions, which becomes the hallmark of all Democratic campaigns.

I hope that the measure of the number of small contributions is at least one measure of Democratic candidates.

[MADem]

31. +1,000 !!!! nt

[Vincardog]

45. IF the voters want her she will win. I would rather judge her by the policies she supports than

The $$$ she can raise.

[grantcart]

48. With the media dominated by capital business interests

and additional hundreds of millions of dark money being put in by a few reactionary billionaires, Democratic candidates will not have a chance to get the issues before the voters above the noise without hundreds of millions spent in messaging.

The only question is whether or not you want that raised by bundlers or by millions of grassroots contributions. Clearly there is a grassroots support for Senator Clinton as evidenced by this PAC's records.

Whether or not you support Senator Clinton or are undecided this report showing that at least this PSC is looking for broad support from thousands of small contributors rather than going to see the people with big pockets.

On that point this PAC should be applauded.

[brooklynite]

2. Fair enough...how about the 600,000 petition supporters?

Plenty of people circulate online petitions here; you wouldn't be suggesting they're inaccurate, would you?

[silvershadow]

3. Oh. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

4. I'm even more Ready For Hillary than before!

Some look at it as voting on matters of war simply for self gain.

Nonsense!

I see it as proving you'll do whatever it takes to win! And as soon as Hillary's our president, she'll be fighting for us instead of herself!

Huzzah!

[Nye Bevan]

40. Well, bear in mind that she has said that she is not running.

But I guess it is within the bounds of possibility that she changes her mind. I have no problem with the primary voters having as big a choice as possible.

[arcane1]

5. Great. I'm going to pretend I earn $1 for every time I hear "inevitable" in the next 2.8 years

[brooklynite]

11. The only thing that makes Hillary "inevitable"...

...is the apparent unwillingness of her opponents to actually make an effort (beyond blogging) to encourage an alternative candidate to run.

But you'll fix that tomorrow, right?

[arcane1]

13. Exactly right!

Though all I've done presently is hope for a a good, solid primary season, at all levels of government.I'd at least use those $1 bills to support primary opponents

[Iliyah]

6. small donations, more voters!

2016

[Pterodactyl]

7. Hold on. I'm not ready yet.

[dflprincess]

8. Me neither

And I never will be.

I will not support another "Third Way/New Democrat/DLCer/moderate Republican" (whatever they're calling themselves today).

[Pterodactyl]

36. Yeah. She was on the board of WALMART for goodness sake!

[octoberlib]

10. I'm ready for Schweitzer. Don't have any numbers , though. nt

[brooklynite]

12. You can count one...

...but then, I actually closed my DU account, opened my email account and WROTE HIM A LETTER asking for a meeting, and then MET WITH HIM to discuss how I would work to build support if he decided to run and Hillary didn't.

[octoberlib]

15. Awesome! I thought he did a good job on This Week setting

Bill Kristol straight. I want to see more of him.

[Whisp]

14. Ready for Hillitary!

Hillitary will make it look like fun! Like summer camp fun!

[Wilms]

16. .

[Beacool]

18. Cutesy names?

Are we Free Republic now?

Pathetic............

[Whisp]

19. we are very much like Free Republic here in how Obama is spoken about

by so many.

Surely, you would have noticed, and participated.

so sorry it hurts when it's turned around on you. O well, you'll get used to it, I'm on the fifth year of hearing Obama called filthy names and degraded here. Hillitary is a term of endearment compared.

[Beacool]

22. I don't call Obama by any other name than his own.

You, on the other hand, can't contain yourself with your slurs toward a fellow Democrat.

[Whisp]

24. No, but you have other ways to demean him.

I've seen your work for years now so don't be coy.

anyway, good luck in surviving - there's a long road ahead if she decides to run for CEO of America.

[Beacool]

26. I don't have to be coy about anything.

I write like an adult. I don't write assumptions and over emotional comments based on personal imaginings from a fertile mind.

[MADem]

32. I like the POTUS, and I like HRC. I think in the real world, more people feel like I do.

Only here on DU do people separate into camps where Democrats fight Democrats with such visceral nastiness. It's a waste of fucking time, IMO.

[leftynyc]

38. I have never called the President

anything other than Pres Obama - not once - NEVER. And I'm a Hillary supporter so what do you have to say to me about using freeper language for her?

[Lasher]

17. She won't get a nickel from me.

I have no doubt Tata Consultancy Services will make up the difference.

[Beacool]

20. It must be giving heartburn to some here that she hasn't even declared and so many people

are supporting her candidacy.

"Ready for Hillary received financial contributions from all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories, as well as financial support from Americans abroad and military service members across the world."

[Gman]

23. It'll be hard to blame "the party" for shoving a candidate down everyone's throat....

[Beacool]

25. In the real world, the majority of Democrats support her.

In DU world, she's treated as the enemy. I find it arrogant and insulting the assumption by some here that they are the true progressives and Democrats, when in reality they are the minority of the party.

[Gman]

27. Absolutely. We're you around here in 08?

I've never seen such viciousness from people who claim to be liberals.

And it was, I kid you not, less than 48 hours after the general election when people here turned on Obama.

[Beacool]

28. Yes, I was.

Just proving that liberals can be as big of an asshole as Republicans. The nastiness that went on was ridiculous, and what did the Left get for all their efforts? A centrist president. It serves them right.

[MADem]

33. Well, DU world didn't see the bullshit hitting the fan with John Edwards, either.

Denial on that score went on for quite a bit.

That said, I think there are a lot of people here who don't buy some of the crazy "alternative universe" shit that is shopped hereabouts, but they just roll their eyes and move on, or hit the trash thread button, because they don't want to be swarmed by angry and insult-hurling believers who don't want to listen to reality. There are, for example, people here who ignore Elizabeth Warren's two dozen declarations that she's not going to run for the presidency, topped off by her pledge to serve out her term which ends in 18. Point these truths out, and get a shitload of, well, shit flung back atcha. "We'll change her mind!" Errrr....no, ya won't. It takes money and organization to run a campaign, and EW has a great organization...in the state of Massachusetts, and no where else.

I think HRC is going to be more liberal than a lot of her detractors are prepared for, and of course, they'll take credit for that! Because, ya know, yelling about stuff on DU changes everyone's minds....!

[MannyGoldstein]

42. Hillary has said repeatedly that she's not running in 2016

Shouldn't people respect that?

[MADem]

46. Sorry, Manny. Look at her words.

She has NO PLANS to run.

Having no plans doesn't mean she isn't running and it doesn't mean she pledged to not run.

I have NO PLANS for dinner.

That doesn't mean I won't have a meal when the sun goes down. I just don't know if it will be chicken with tzatziki sauce or macaroni and cheese, or something else; perhaps a restaurant meal.

If I pledge to you that I will not have dinner, I'd be breaking a promise to you if I did, indeed, have dinner.

Catch the difference?

[MannyGoldstein]

49. No, she said she's not running in 2016

Not that she has no plans to.

Pretty straightforward. Don't you think that should be respected?

[MADem]

51. No, it's not "straightforward" just because you say so. She hasn't ruled it out.

So sorry, Manny, your little goad-and-bait dog just won't hunt.

You try so dang hard, though! Bless your heart...!

[MannyGoldstein]

53. "I have ruled it out."

And lots more at:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/hillary-clintons-quotes-on-2016-86804.html

Don't you think that we should respect her decision? If she were a man, do you think people would respect her decision?

[MADem]

56. You're funny!

Although "funny" just might be a synonym for "sexist"--but of course you were being "ironic," yeah?

Your link is a) From a year ago, and b) Quoting HRC while she was still employed as the nation's Secretary of State. Surely, Manny, you aren't telling the world that you're so naive that you would think that a sitting cabinet official would be so stupid, so obtuse, as to broadcast ambitions to take the chair of their boss, thus inviting reporters to try to drive a wedge between the two? Surely, Manny, you, with your intense political acumen, might understand why dissimulation in this context would be the INTELLIGENT move? Surely?

'I’ve said I really don’t believe that that’s something I will do again,' Clinton said in December.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/hillary-clintons-quotes-on-2016-86804.html#ixzz2pql827nu


I'll bet she's said, at one time or another, that she'd never forgive Bill, too!


And now you're trying to poke away with the "sexist" pitchfork--tsk, tsk, tsk....you're so transparent, Manny...you're not even trying very hard anymore!

If she were a man, do you think people would respect her decision?

Why you would make such a remark, or even think such a "tool" would be useful says a lot about you, you know. Tsk...tsk!

Or have you just run outta gas, is that it? I'm thinking that's where we're at. Because, ya know...you're kinda sputtering.

[MannyGoldstein]

57. So it's OK for Hillary to change her mind?

Is it just OK for Hillary? Or for all people?

[MADem]

59. She hasn't changed her mind, Manny.

It does help to actually read what people write before you jump to reply, ya know!

[MannyGoldstein]

60. Do we both agree that Hillary ruled out running for President?

These rules about who can change their mind and when are a little confusing for me, sorry.

[MADem]

61. The only one who is confused here is you, Manny. One day, like it or not, you're gonna be

READY FOR HILLARY Manny....you'll just have to get used to it, because it's gonna happen!

Open your heart and your wallet, Manny! Hillary 2016!

[Divernan]

43. Obama also pledged to serve his entire term before changing his mind in 2008!

Warren's words, however, are unlikely to put an end to the speculation. It's worth noting that President Obama also pledged to serve his entire term before changing his mind and running in 2008.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/12/04/elizabeth-warren-i-am-not-running-for-president/

[MADem]

44. I don't think he used the "pledge" word.

The article, quite artfully, doesn't provide an Obama quote.

EW did, quite specifically, use the "pledge" word. There's a distinction and a difference. The "I have no plans" game is very different from pledging to the constituents who elected her that she'd stick till the end.

She spends an awful lot of time (shock) IN Massachusetts. She comes home every Thursday, and goes back to work on Tuesday morning. She goes to little things, like town get-togethers and factory visits, and big things, like mayoral inaugurations where she was a featured speaker along with the governor. What she's not doing is meeting with strategists and "fifty state" operatives. She's doing her job, and doing it well.

I think she means what she says.

[brooklynite]

47. What Obama DIDN'T do was sign a letter asking someone else to run instead.

[MADem]

54. Yes, indeed. And I believe the "P" word Obama used was "plan," not "pledge."

I PLAN to finish my term is a very different thing from I PLEDGE to finish my term.

And EW signed that thing way back in February of last year, she'd made up her mind way back then that she wasn't in the mood for having shit flung at her on a national level. Her campaign here in MA was not an easy road--there were times when it was a tough slog, but most "foreigners" from outside the Bay State seem to have this very mistaken idea that she pranced to victory, like Ralphie getting an A on his "theme" in the dream sequence scene of A Christmas Story. She damn near lost; she was under constant attack from that shitbird Brown. She is -- quite understandably--not interested in hearing slurs flung at her from fifty states; it was bad enough hearing the MA GOP's nastiness.

[Divernan]

21. Battle of super PACS/ outside groups in Hillary's "Shadow Campaign"

You can't tell all the players elbowing each other out of the way to ride the Clinton campaign trail gravy train without a scorecard. These groups are not debating ANY issues; it's all about who controls the power, influence and $$$. Good article re the wheeling dealing here:

More than two dozen people in her orbit interviewed for this article described a virtual campaign in waiting — a term that itself makes some of Clinton’s supporters bristle — consisting of longtime Clinton loyalists as well as people who worked doggedly to elect her onetime rival Obama.

There are two spheres of influence. One is made up of more than a dozen Clinton staffers, loyalists and longtime friends whose advice she values the most.

The other sphere is more complex. It includes an assortment of super PACs and outside groups, all jockeying to be part of the Clinton movement but operating beyond her immediate direction and control. Still, some of these efforts could become the foundation of an eventual campaign.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/hillary-clinton-2016-shadow-campaign-101762.html#ixzz2pmKjAwY0

[dlwickham]

29. I've thought about donating but until I know that the money is going to an actual campaign

I'm holding off

[djean111]

30. I would think Hillary fans would just sit back and relax, not seemingly whine and boast and...what?

Think insults will swell her numbers?
Why not just rest on her laurels?
If she has such a huge fan base, why bother going after what are regarded, really, as sweepings and leavings - those silly old progressives?
Seems more like Hillary supporter hair on fire or heads exploding, due to failure to achieve total adoration or something.
Little early for that, or are some really thinking this is already a fait accompli, hoping no need for primaries?

I supported her when she ran against Obama. I voted for her.

Then I learned all about The Third Way.

[jsr]

35. Insufficient worship is unacceptable. The inevitability is obvious.

[Beacool]

52. It has nothing to do with achieving "total adoration".

It's countering the claim that Hillary only serves the 1%. The thousands of people who donated to this PAC gave small amounts. It's a grassroots effort.

Outside of DU, and other LW sites, Hillary is very popular with Democratic voters.

[djean111]

55. It's countering the claim that Hillary only serves the 1%.

She has not served ANYBODY as yet, as president. She has just taken their money. So no "countering" has any basis in fact.
I am just looking at who she associates with - Wall Street, it seems, things she is working on - TPP, the policies of the Third Way, which she is associated with.
Grassroots efforts are wondrous for getting someone elected - it is what happens to those grassroots afterwards that is important to me.
In any event, if someone does not care for Hillary's politics, it doesn't matter how popular with others she is purported to be. "Popular" is not the same as "policies".

[MADem]

58. Precisely.

I can't help but notice, that when they've got nuttin', they always devolve to the same, tired old canards, or Ye Olde Personal Attack.

We shall know them by the Quality of their Arguments (or lack thereof), I suppose!

I don't understand why, if they don't want to talk about HRC's candidacy, that they just don't trash the thread, or use IGNORE a bit more judiciously? It would certainly be preferable to childish insinuations. I mean, there's plenty of "adoration" to go around on this board, and many of the adorers are the first to accuse, I can't help but notice!

I guess it's "OK" if you're "adoring" the one that they have on a pedestal, or something...?

[RandiFan1290]

34. She must be promising more tax cuts for the rich

and another war!

[Beacool]

50. Yeah, the people who donated a whopping $1 to $20.16 are the 1%.

The majority of this PAC's donors gave small amounts. This is a grassroots organization, not a large donor PAC.

[Rowdyboy]

37. Always nice to see good news about one of our potential candidates!

Hope she decides to run. I'll likely wind up in her camp once the field is set, though Schweitzer does intrigue me. Doubt he can raise enough money to run a truly national campaign though.

[Mr. Sparkle]

39. The funny thing about that name is that it can be taken the other way.

I can see republicans donating to that group thinking they are preparing to stop Hillary.

i don't know whether that was by design or mistake, but it is nice to see a bit of genius from our side.

[L0oniX]

41. Well isn't that special

[marshall]

62. Has she paid off her 2008 debt?

Will that money be used to pay her old debt, so she can start fresh?

[Beacool]

64. That debt was paid some time ago.

[magical thyme]

63. just when I thought the creepy "Ready for Hillary" ads were finally gone

they've come back.

And yes, I find them creepy. Creepy picture. Creepy "in my face" every time I visit DU, on almost every page.

Frankly I find it a real turn-off.

[MADem]

65. There are ways to avoid seeing ads on DU.

I think the READY FOR HILLARY PAC is doing a great job of grassroots outreach. I think it's wonderful that she's got so many small donors and this PAC is raising millions on her behalf -- she's going to need it. Elections aren't cheap.