Team Bush Hits $100 Million Mark

[dArKeR]

It's not just another $2.5 million day for President Bush and his re-election campaign, reports CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller. The two fund-raising events that drew him to Florida on Thursday are putting his campaign war chest over the $100 million mark, an amount that dwarfs what his would-be Democratic rivals have raised.

During his 17th trip to Florida as president, Mr. Bush also dipped into a political topic high on the agenda of the nation's elderly, a key voting bloc. Between two fund-raisers, he used the state with the highest percentage of residents age 65 or older as a backdrop to press Congress to finish major Medicare legislation.

The president said America's seniors are tired of the delays in getting them coverage under Medicare for prescription drugs.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/13/politics/main583535.shtml

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. But as the Beatles sang...

"Money can't buy me love."

The richest candidate does NOT always win.

[salinen]

2. churches

how much of that $ came by way of church donations? and they have tax-exempt statis. and how much $ from churches are going to the kucinich campaign? dean? clark? kerry? gep? edwards? sharpton? braun? real evil from the morally bankrupt.

[Kolesar]

3. Do you know?

I have heard that Pat Robertson committed campaign law violations. Tell us some more.

[salinen]

4. spike

i have no knowledge of robersons campaign. all i know is that he is a terrorist.

[Frodo]

5. Churches can't give political donations.

I don't think tax-exempt organizations can either. Though they can run their own "issue ads".

[Frodo]

6. Yes, but

Only one candidate has tried this strategy of raising huge dollar amounts for the "primary" without a primary opponent. And he won pretty big.