January 30, 2006
Frist's VolPAC Raises $3.5M In '05
Sen. Maj. Leader Bill Frist's Volunteer PAC raised $3.5 million in 2005, soaking in more than 50K separate contributions.
The PAC also spent a significant amount of money, ending the year with about $800K.
PAC sources said the Frist team spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on small-donor prospecting and on the PAC's website, which includes an updated blog and extensive resources for GOPers seeking to help their party in the midterms. As Maj. Leader, Frist is a hot ticket wherever he travels.
According to a Frist adviser, the average donation in '06 was $70. That, combined with the large amount of new donors, suggests that Frist broadened his financial and political base during the second six months of '05.
When he stepped down as NRSC chair at the end of the '02 cycle, Frist brought with him a top-notch fundraising team. That team, which includes ex-NRSC finance dir. Linus Catignani, ex-NRSC counsel Alex Vogel, Linda Bond and Chip Saltzman, are clearing a path for Frist to make a presidential bid, although aides insist that Frist has yet to decide whether he will run.
Posted at 09:52 AM
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There is an error in your thinking. If he supports us on nothing, why would we support him? Our checks have to go to Laffey's campaign now. I would not have sent Chaffee a check, do not misunderstand. But I would have thought someone who is with me part of the time is better than someone who is against me all the time. Now that conservatives cannot think of anything he stood with us on, why wouldn't we send our money to a less liberal challenger?
ChrstnHsbndFthr | 01.30.06 10:53 AM
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I use to donate to VOLPAC until Frist gave his support to ultra-liberal Chafee. Money sent to RNC, NRSC and VOLPAC is a bad investment for conservatives. I agree, donations should go to Laffey at
www.electlaffey.com
Stretch Cunningham | 02.04.06 09:57 PM
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I agree - why waste it on VOLPAC when Frist was part of the team that lost us the Congress? His stance on illegal immigration shows me that he, like the President, is solidly RINO. Or maybe that is what Republicans are all about these days, in which case our days of being involved with politics are over. The issue for us, and most of our Republican friends, is illegal immigration in general and amnesy in particular. Frist had a big hand in the Senate immigration debacle last year that, more than anything else, was responsible for Republicans like us staying home in early November. We voted all right, but with our feet, and we would do it again. The Republicans seem to have learned nothing though - Bush is the worst thing that has happened to us in decades, and it will take decades to undo the damage he had done and continues to do. In fact, in terms of long range strategy, we would have been better off with a Kerry presidency in '04. I mean heck, other than the two Justices, which Bush reluctantly chose and then didn't object when the Democrats framed the debate, Bush has done nothing but harm to Republicans since being sworn in - just one debacle after another. When is someone going to give that guy elocution lessons? And, aside from being inarticulate, he sure as heck is no conservative. It's not as if Republicans didn't know what was going to happen in the '04 elections. What a nightmare!
B. Samuel Davis | 03.12.07 12:02 PM
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Is my cash contribution to VOLPAC deductible?
William N. Brisley | 04.04.07 06:35 PM
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