May 04, 2007
Romney Plans Major Grassroots Push
Eager to prove that his campaign has attracted widespread support, ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney hopes to use the first Republican debate in South Carolina to double the size of its contributor base.
The campaign hopes to sign up 24,000 supporters within 24 hours using a combination of house parties, rallies and technology. A memo distributed to supporters yesterday says the event will demonstrate "the power of Mitt's grassroots network" by showing Republicans the breadth of his support. Once those 24,000K Mitt-lings are signed up, chances are they'll be asked to contribute money. Romney raised twice as much as Sen. John McCain last quarter, but McCain tapped the wallets of three times as many donors. Romney needs fewer mega-donors and more smaller donors.
Ever the management consultant, Romney's set some metrics for success. "The success of Sign Up America is measured by the number of new supporters and contributors signed up in this 24 hour period –-- not only the amount of money generated."
Those Romney supporters who sign up "a significant number" will receive a "reward" of some sort. [MARC AMBINDER]
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MultipleChoice Mitt is living in a la-la land and thinks that he can buy the presidency with money. There is no amount of money that can erase his flipfloping.
MultipleChoiceMitt | 05.04.07 12:14 PM
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I picked up this blurb yesterday, all I can say is, "there you go again, Mitt:"
Romney's Debate Flip-Flop
Deal Hudson
http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/deal_w_hudson/2007/05/romneys_debate_.html
I sent out an e-mail to about 60 Catholic leaders around the nation this morning asking what they thought of the debate. Several of them brought this one issue to my attention:
During last night’s debate host Chris Matthews asked former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney his opinion on whether or not the bishops should deny communion to pro-choice catholic politicians. Here was Gov. Romney’s response: “I don’t say anything to Roman Catholic bishops. They can do whatever the heck they want. Roman Catholic bishops are in a private institution, a religion, and they can do whatever they want in a religion.”
This answer represents a significant shift in Gov. Romney’s position. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney ordered Catholic hospitals to administer emergency contraception to women who claim they had been raped.
According to the Boston Herald on December 9th, 2005, “Gov. Mitt Romney abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course yesterday and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims. In a turnaround that foes derided as politically motivated, Romney directed his Department of Public Health to scrap rules that exempted the Catholic institutions from a new law governing the medicine.”
This in and of itself represented “an Olympic-caliber double flip-flop,” according to a Herald editorial, as it represented a reversal of Romney’s original position.
Now it appears Romney is back to limiting the government’s ability to bully the Church.
Posted by Deal Hudson on May 04, 2007 at 10:47 AM |
YankeeClipper | 05.05.07 10:25 AM
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This will be an event to watch. Romney has raised the most money, won the debate, has the best platform and the best team and web-site, and is still setting goals to do more. This man has succeeded under the worst circumstances, and has honest stands on the issues: he stands on what he believes, not what sounds good. His fundraising has succeeded every other time- we'll see how well it does this time.
Christian Voter | 05.06.07 09:55 PM
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