NationStates Jolt Archive

~ From the Desk of Curt Leng for Hamden

We were amazed at the 3.3 million dollars that was raised by the Democratic Party in less than three weeks, vastly outpacing our Republican counterparts and helping to close the gap against deep-pocketed corporate donors.

There is another campaign that needs your help, still now. In Hamden, Connecticut, a veteran NationStates player has signed on as Campaign Manager for Curt Leng, running for District Councilman in Hamden, Connecticut. Ordinarily, such a campaign would not attempt to mount any large-scale Internet fundraising operation, but in this age of technology, what kind of candidate would the Democratic Party be raising without spreading its message nationally and expanding the reach of their campaign?

You might be thinking - What does a Councilman from a town I've never heard of mean to me? Chairman Howard Dean took lessons from the Republicans, as sad as that is to say. We have to lift strong local visionaries of the Party to become promising members of the Democrat Farm Team.

What we are asking for is simple. If any of you could spare a $10, $15 or $20 contribution to the campaign, it would help us put one more flyer on the street - one more lawn sign - one more direct-mail letter in someone's mail box and bring us one step closer to electing Curt Leng to District Councilman. We hope that some of you will consider helping us in our endeavor.

If you are interested in making a small campaign contribution, please contact me at (203) 444-7434 or sharris0512@gmail.com.

Signed,
Scott Harris
Campaign Manager -- Curt Leng for Hamden

Yeah, the day I donate money to a democrat is the day that hell freezes over. "Deep pocketed donors"? You do realize that finance legislation bans donations over 200, and that donations to "outside groups" (Moveon.org) where "soft money" is allowed were much larger on the democrat side?

I wouldn't donate to either party.

Yeah, the day I donate money to a democrat is the day that hell freezes over. "Deep pocketed donors"? You do realize that finance legislation bans donations over 200, and that donations to "outside groups" (Moveon.org) where "soft money" is allowed were much larger on the democrat side?

I know that you probably don't want this thread to evolve into an argument, but I thought that keeping the thread at the top while giving the facts was a double-good-deed.

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/about/Limits.htm
Individuals - 37 states place limits on contributions by individuals to candidates. The lowest limit is $200, split between the primary and general elections, to a legislative candidate in Montana, and the highest is a total of up to $50,100, split between the primary and general elections, to a gubernatorial candidate in New York. The averages among the 37 states are as follows: $6,011 to a gubernatorial candidate and $2496 to a legislative candidate (both amounts represent limits for the primary and general election combined).
The limit in Connecticut is $2,500 per individual. Corporations are allowed to donate $50,000 to a candidate.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6576716/
The top-giving corporate political action committees didn’t hedge their bets in the fall elections despite the narrow division between the GOP and Democrats in Congress. They favored Republican candidates 10-to-1.

Of 268 corporate PACs that donated $100,000 or more to presidential and congressional candidates from January 2003 through the middle of last month, 245 gave the majority of their contributions to GOP hopefuls, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Political Money Line campaign finance tracking service.

What's that about $200 dollar limits and Democrats dominating PAC donations?

isnt this spam?

asking money from NSers should be against the rules.

Yeah, the day I donate money to a democrat is the day that hell freezes over. "Deep pocketed donors"? You do realize that finance legislation bans donations over 200, and that donations to "outside groups" (Moveon.org) where "soft money" is allowed were much larger on the democrat side?
I see some one hasn't been watchnig the news

I see some one hasn't been watchnig the news

I see someone let him/herself be lied to by the liberal news.

MSM* = liberals


MSM = main stream media aka lame stream media aka the media wing of the democratic party aka NBCCBSCNNMSNBCABCNYTWP

"I know that you probably don't want this thread to evolve into an argument, but I thought that keeping the thread at the top while giving the facts was a double-good-deed.

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/about/Limits.htm

Quote:
Individuals - 37 states place limits on contributions by individuals to candidates. The lowest limit is $200, split between the primary and general elections, to a legislative candidate in Montana, and the highest is a total of up to $50,100, split between the primary and general elections, to a gubernatorial candidate in New York. The averages among the 37 states are as follows: $6,011 to a gubernatorial candidate and $2496 to a legislative candidate (both amounts represent limits for the primary and general election combined).


The limit in Connecticut is $2,500 per individual. Corporations are allowed to donate $50,000 to a candidate.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6576716/

Quote:
The top-giving corporate political action committees didn’t hedge their bets in the fall elections despite the narrow division between the GOP and Democrats in Congress. They favored Republican candidates 10-to-1.

Of 268 corporate PACs that donated $100,000 or more to presidential and congressional candidates from January 2003 through the middle of last month, 245 gave the majority of their contributions to GOP hopefuls, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Political Money Line campaign finance tracking service.



What's that about $200 dollar limits and Democrats dominating PAC donations?"

1. Hmmm...I thought the regulations for federal campaign donations controlled local ones as well. I was wrong.
2. I never said Democrats dominated PACs. I meant that they dominated groups such as 527s, which were central to the last election.