Pelosi Contributes To Spratt Campaign
By FITSNews || U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi contributed $4,000 to the Congressional campaign of U.S. Rep. John Spratt during the most recent fund-raising quarter – more than twice what the fourteen-term incumbent received from individual South Carolina citizens.
Pelosi’s Political Action Committee – “PAC to the Future” – gave Spratt another $1,000, while the Congressman received additional contributions from numerous unions and liberal special interest groups.
How much money did Spratt receive from individual South Carolinians during the most recent fundraising quarter?
A little over $1,500.
Well, well, well … that certainly explains some things. And maybe some other things, too.
Thanks to his D.C.-based haul, Spratt currently has $645,000 on hand for the November 2010 election. His Republican challenger, Mick Mulvaney, has $117,000 on hand after just one quarter of fund-raising.
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John Spratt’s Fourth Quarter FEC Filing
Comments
By Liberty For Me on February 1st, 2010 at 11:22 am
And…You would expect different??
By hans on February 1st, 2010 at 12:46 pm
My, My! It appears Madame Pelosi and has raided the military budget not only to buy booze, but to shuttle around on taxpayer nickle her children, grandchildren, and in-laws!
Mr. Spratt should consider returning Madame Pelosi’s lucre.
By FannieMae on February 1st, 2010 at 12:50 pm
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0210/Behind_the_fundraising_numbers.html
4) Cue the retirement talk. Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) only raised $77,000 in the quarter, receiving just $12,000 from individuals – numbers sure to stoke retirement speculation. When he faced his last competitive race in 2006, he raised $212,000 during the same time period.
By York County Native on February 1st, 2010 at 12:50 pm
I would actually be shocked if Pelosi had not contributed a substantial sum to Spratt’s reelection campaign (as well as the campaigns of any Democratic incumbent with a competitive race in November). It’s called Speaker 101. What this story does not address is the relatively weak showing made by Mulvaney compared to what Ralph Norman hauled in during his initial fundraising period during the 2006 cycle. Mulvaney’s number is rather unimpressive when you subtract the $75,000 he loaned his campaign and the $14,400 he got from family memebers. Earlier this morning, I posted the following comment regarding Mr. Mulvaney’s fundraising efforts to Mr. Folk’s last story pertaining to the race:
“Given the original date of this posting, I doubt this comment will draw much attention, but Mulvaney reported $128,000 last quarter – $75,000 of which was a personal loan to his campaign committee and at least another $14,400 came from relatives. That means he pulled in $39,000 from folks not named Mulvaney.
Just to remind everyone, Norman’s first report for the 2006 cycle was $420,000 (including a $75,000 loan).
Mulvaney got off to a slow start fundraising-wise in his 2006 state senate race. The difference is that the NRCC uses the candidate’s fundraising receipts as a way of determining how it will direct it funds. With other candidates in more competitive districts around the country reporting significantly more than what Mulvaney has posted from this past quarter, I’d be surprised if the NRCC elects to dedicate a significant amount of money to this race when they are already at a significant fundraising disadvantage nationally.”
By OhNoNotAgain on February 1st, 2010 at 1:21 pm
The Democratic Speaker of the House contributing to the campaign of a Democratic Congressman?
Gosh! No, really? Shocking!
By StorminNormin on February 1st, 2010 at 1:22 pm
This isn’t going to help John’s “I’m still an independent voice” argument. Plus, Sprat had the full quarter; Mulvaney had about 45 days.
Looks like Spratt is going to depend on 1) PACs and 2) Pork to buy this election.
By How Quickly You Forget on February 1st, 2010 at 2:43 pm
York Native: Your points are accurate…almost. You failed to mention that in his first quarter in 2006, Norman had already tapped a lot of conservative PAC groups and the PACs from GOP House members.
Mulvaney hasn’t had that opportunity yet.
Besides, if you haven’t noticed that 2010 isn’t 2006 — especially in the real estate industry from which both Norman and Mulvaney count a lot of supporters — then you aren’t paying attention. Lower contributions should be expected across the board.
By OhNoNotAgain on February 1st, 2010 at 2:57 pm
It’s $4,000 in an election that’s going to be six figures.
If you can be bought for that much, you obviously think anybody can be bought for that much. Feel sorry for you.
By Tsunami on February 1st, 2010 at 3:30 pm
York County Native,
Two points:
1. Glad you now agree that this is a competitive race. Welcome aboard.
2. The $39,000 raised from “folks not named Mulvaney” is triple the $11,650 Spratt raised from folks not named “Political Committees”
By countryboy on February 1st, 2010 at 7:51 pm
If you look item by item, there aren’t a lot of individuals (voters) from Spratt’s district shown in that FEC filing. Not a lot of actual votes represented by those out of state UNIONS, businesses and PAC’s either. So I would say the fact that he has more money in his campain fund than Mulvaney doesn’t mean a lot at this point. Now paying those so-called NAACP (and other) “haulers” on election day with those out of state funds, that’s a different matter.
By BadNewsMulvaney on February 1st, 2010 at 8:21 pm
FITS,
How much money was donated to Mulvaney from people within the 5th district?
By freddie guy on February 1st, 2010 at 9:22 pm
THe story that was not reported:
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2010/02/spratt-leads-money-race.html
Fred
By No Way! on February 1st, 2010 at 9:31 pm
If she has that kind of money, how about reimbursemnet for the taxpayer funded military flights for her family to jet set around! The liquor, the flights, the food. I heard that it was 2.2 million on food and liquor alone! That is more than 1/10th the amount that the United Nations sent to Haiti!