Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
It was a bad week for Democrats. In many ways. But one of the most interesting was that Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee in general raised a combined $76.8 million in May, going well past the $60 million the Obama campaign reported.
Jim Geraghty's Morning Jolt made me laugh this morning when he described the significance this way:
Beating President Obama at fundraising is like out-singing Adele, intercepting Tom Brady, dunking on Dwight Howard, freaking out Lady Gaga, offering a witty comeback to Robert Downey Jr. character or out-narrating Morgan Freeman. This is what he does for a living. Or perhaps, more accurately, this is the part of the job of being president that he's good at ...
Mark Knoller reminds us the president has held 153 fundraisers since declaring as a candidate for re-election April 4, 2011.
Now, I've covered political fundraisers - mostly in the Washington, D.C. area -- where the location, entertainment, food, decorations were first-rate, and I've covered ones where donors are getting stadium food or potato chips for their four-figure or more donations. I presume that if you're bringing Hollywood's A-list, you can't serve the potato chips and wine from a box. So if all of these fancy-schmancy events have high costs . . . maybe the much-touted, much-hyped, very busy Obama campaign fundraising operations are spending too much money to raise money. It would be a perfect irony if overspending, poor return-on-investment, and an inability to focus on the bottom line ended up being the Obama campaign's Achilles Heel.
Love it.
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Jun '10
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Our celebrity president prefers the company of his peers. Rush is now calling him Barack Hussein Kardashian. Spot on.
Jun '10
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Obama's 2008 campaign was historic for being historic, he was a peacemaker for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he proved his bravery by letting other brave men kill Bin Laden, and he's a national role model for keeping his role in everything (that's not associated with the death of Bin Laden) completely invisible. He's the crisis that finally was not wasted.
Apr '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Mollie, Obama is not interested in making a profit on his fundraising. He is interested in creating jobs, which is what the job of the president is. Didn't you know this? Only a vulture capitalist like Romney would be focusing on the rate of return from his fundraising events, carelessly cutting staff and amenities in a ruthless drive for profits.
Dec '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
I read somewhere that Obama behaves as though he'd prefer to be king than president. He certainly does seem to enjoy the lifestyle ... private jet, round-the-clock servants, first-rate accommodations wherever you go, never has to wait for a tee-time.
Dec '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Given the general tactics he employs and the President’s background as a street thug (excuse me “Community Organizer”), how about we start referring to his fundraisers as “Shakedowns”?
Jun '10
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Geraghty's analogy can be extended infinitely.
Beating President Obama at fundraising is like:
Dec '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
tabula rasa: Geraghty's analogy can be extended infinitely.
Beating President Obama at fundraising is like: · 3 minutes ago
All on the same day.
Apr '12
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
I LOVE Mitt Romney because he is a business man and pragmatic, not an ideologist. He is extremely handsome and charismatic, and a strong, ethical person. Reading that he has raised so much money makes me feel great, especially as, of course, I read it as support for my prediction. :-) Thanks, Molly!
Jul '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
What jumped out to me is the staggering number of fundraisers he's held. 153 in 2 months. 2.5 per day. The RNC needs to make an ad showing those numbers while playing as many clips possible of Jay Carney insisting that the economy is Obama's #1 priority. Which of course is true; Obama's economy is more important to him than the country's.
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CandE: What jumped out to me is the staggering number of fundraisers he's held. 153 in 2 months. 2.5 per day. The RNC needs to make an ad showing those numbers while playing as many clips possible of Jay Carney insisting that the economy is Obama's #1 priority. Which of course is true; Obama's economy is more important to him than the country's.
-E · 2 hours ago
It's bad but not that bad. That's the number of fundraisers since April 2011, not this April.
Jul '11
Re: Out-Singing Adele, Intercepting Tom Brady, Freaking Out Lady Gaga
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
CandE: What jumped out to me is the staggering number of fundraisers he's held. 153 in 2 months. 2.5 per day. The RNC needs to make an ad showing those numbers while playing as many clips possible of Jay Carney insisting that the economy is Obama's #1 priority. Which of course is true; Obama's economy is more important to him than the country's.
-E · 2 hours ago
It's bad but not that bad. That's the number of fundraisers since April 2011, not this April. · 40 minutes ago
Oops. Yeah, one every 3 days is much less than 3 every day. What a silly mistake.
-E