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That’s not going to happen.
This isn’t your brother’s campaign. The rules of money and politics have changed dramatically, and candidates won’t necessarily have to compete with Bush for establishment money. Candidates today can raise millions for “super PACs” from single donors, for example. And the old-time wine and cheese fundraisers aren’t even de rigueur – lots of money can be raised now with mouse clicks.
The former Florida governor’s backers are expected to report raising at least $100 million, and maybe even twice that, by this summer. His brother used the blow-’em-away strategy successfully in July 1999, when he reported the then-staggering sum of $36 million in the first half of that year.
The political world let out a collective gasp. It was more than any candidate had raised for an entire primary and caucus campaign, and it crowned Bush the clear front-runner for the Republican nomination.
Jeb Bush has been waging an intense campaign for money. His Right to Rise political action committee began the week with a $12,500-per-person roundtable in Seattle. Tuesday, he was in Portland, Ore., for a $12,500-per-person dinner. Sunday and Monday he’ll be in Miami for fundraisers, and next Tuesday, he’ll be featured at a fundraiser in Puerto Rico.
His aides declined to comment on his fundraising.
No matter what he raises, it’s unlikely to intimidate his rivals. Read more.
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