REPUBLICANS Club for Growth to spend $1M on TV ads going after Trump

[Rob L 3,811]

REPUBLICANS

Club for Growth to spend $1M on TV ads going after Trump

Published September 15, 2015

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON – A conservative advocacy group said Tuesday it will spend at least $1 million on TV ads criticizing Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in the early primary voting state of Iowa.

Club for Growth President David McIntosh said the billionaire real-estate mogul and reality TV star would be "terrible on economic growth." He called Trump "the worst kind of politician," and the group's ad says he's playing voters "for chumps."

Trump has criticized the Washington-based Club for Growth as being bitter because he refused to give them a $1 million contribution.

For now, the Washington-based group is going it alone.

Far larger pro-Republican operations -- including the Koch brothers-led Americans for Prosperity, GOP strategist Karl Rove's Crossroads groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- said they have no immediate plans to spend money trying to swat down Trump, who has in the past has identified himself as "more of a Democrat."

Similarly, the candidates themselves, and the super PACs trying to help them win, haven't put any money into a Trump-defeating effort on television. Instead, they said, their strategy appears to be to wait for Trump, the star of the political summer, to fade on his own.

Fred Malek, a longtime Republican presidential fundraiser who isn't aligned with a specific candidate, said the approach of many has been to "let Trump beat Trump."

"I'm not aware of any organized effort to attack Trump," Malek said. "Rather, the best-informed Republicans feel the American people are smart enough to figure this out and won't nominate Trump."

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who last week became the first candidate to leave the 2016 race, was one of the feistiest Trump combatants, but his super PACs never paid for any ads to amplify that message.

"Our plan, which I think is where a lot of folks are, was to wait as long as possible to do contrast ads or attacks on Trump," said Austin Barbour, leader of a trio of super PACs that supported Perry. "There's a feeling that his poll numbers are vastly inflated and will start coming down on their own, so no one wants to spend valuable resources doing what may just happen naturally."

Trump had spent only about $1.9 million -- most of it his own money -- through the end of June, according to the most recent fundraising reports filed with federal regulators. In that same time period, donors backing other Republican presidential candidates gave about $300 million, those reports show.

But the billionaire candidate has vowed to spend whatever it takes to win the GOP nomination, meaning that even the best-funded opponents or Republican groups could find themselves financially overmatched.

Adding to the confusion: Trump's meteoric rise has come not after a slew of pricey, well-crafted advertisements, but rather from intense media coverage of his every move, which costs him nothing.

The Trump phenomenon "in a weird way is showing the diminishing importance of money in politics," said John Jordan, a California winery owner and major Republican donor. "And because of that, I think the flow of money is slowing to a trickle."

Presidential candidate are due to file their next fundraising reports, showing what they've raised and spent through the end of September, by October 15.

[lostinblue 1,989]

^{. Keep spending.... Trump in texas}

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Saturn Devouring His Son is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanised to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate each one upon their birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

[decocker 7,198]

absolutely glorius. brings a tear to my eye.

^{. Keep spending.... Trump in texas}

not really surprised. texas does love a doofus in a suit with a truckload of daddy backing him

[Rob L 3,811]

I have been on Vacation and Kinna slow on the uptake. Did we loose VOL? He was my go to Trumpaholic and I miss his refreshing views.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I have been on Vacation and Kinna slow on the uptake. Did we loose VOL? He was my go to Trumpaholic and I miss his refreshing views.

He might be on "vacation" too. His account isn't closed.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Saturn Devouring His Son is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanised to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate each one upon their birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

Wow they've even got the hair right.

[Póg mo 1,749]

REPUBLICANS Club for Growth to spend $1M on TV ads going after Trump

Published September 15, 2015

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON A conservative advocacy group said Tuesday it will spend at least $1 million on TV ads criticizing Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in the early primary voting state of Iowa.

Club for Growth President David McIntosh said the billionaire real-estate mogul and reality TV star would be "terrible on economic growth." He called Trump "the worst kind of politician," and the group's ad says he's playing voters "for chumps."

Trump has criticized the Washington-based Club for Growth as being bitter because he refused to give them a $1 million contribution.

For now, the Washington-based group is going it alone.

Far larger pro-Republican operations -- including the Koch brothers-led Americans for Prosperity, GOP strategist Karl Rove's Crossroads groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- said they have no immediate plans to spend money trying to swat down Trump, who has in the past has identified himself as "more of a Democrat."

Similarly, the candidates themselves, and the super PACs trying to help them win, haven't put any money into a Trump-defeating effort on television. Instead, they said, their strategy appears to be to wait for Trump, the star of the political summer, to fade on his own.

Fred Malek, a longtime Republican presidential fundraiser who isn't aligned with a specific candidate, said the approach of many has been to "let Trump beat Trump."

"I'm not aware of any organized effort to attack Trump," Malek said. "Rather, the best-informed Republicans feel the American people are smart enough to figure this out and won't nominate Trump."

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who last week became the first candidate to leave the 2016 race, was one of the feistiest Trump combatants, but his super PACs never paid for any ads to amplify that message.

"Our plan, which I think is where a lot of folks are, was to wait as long as possible to do contrast ads or attacks on Trump," said Austin Barbour, leader of a trio of super PACs that supported Perry. "There's a feeling that his poll numbers are vastly inflated and will start coming down on their own, so no one wants to spend valuable resources doing what may just happen naturally."

Trump had spent only about $1.9 million -- most of it his own money -- through the end of June, according to the most recent fundraising reports filed with federal regulators. In that same time period, donors backing other Republican presidential candidates gave about $300 million, those reports show.

But the billionaire candidate has vowed to spend whatever it takes to win the GOP nomination, meaning that even the best-funded opponents or Republican groups could find themselves financially overmatched.

Adding to the confusion: Trump's meteoric rise has come not after a slew of pricey, well-crafted advertisements, but rather from intense media coverage of his every move, which costs him nothing.

The Trump phenomenon "in a weird way is showing the diminishing importance of money in politics," said John Jordan, a California winery owner and major Republican donor. "And because of that, I think the flow of money is slowing to a trickle."

Presidential candidate are due to file their next fundraising reports, showing what they've raised and spent through the end of September, by October 15.

I think Paul Krugman has it right, all the Republican candidates are crazy, the Donald is just a different kind of crazy.

[Darnell 8,478]

wow !

Well, tis 'Iowa week' currently -

hows the video-war coming along?

[Expat1 971]

REPUBLICANS Club for Growth to spend $1M on TV ads going after Trump

Published September 15, 2015

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON – A conservative advocacy group said Tuesday it will spend at least $1 million on TV ads criticizing Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in the early primary voting state of Iowa.

Trump had spent only about $1.9 million -- most of it his own money -- through the end of June, according to the most recent fundraising reports filed with federal regulators. In that same time period, donors backing other Republican presidential candidates gave about $300 million, those reports show.

Don't think, at 150:1, that the extra million is going to help.

I think the money would be better spent by offering a reward for an alternative candidate with a spine and a set of big brass ones

Edited January 16, 2016 by Expat1

[ExPatty 502]

I liked the picture of Saturn eating a child.

There shouldn't be a single decent human being, either republican, democrat, or independent, who doesn't find it glorious that the people spending money against Trump are doing nothing but flushing their money down the toilet. Even if you hate the guy you must be able to revel in the ineffectiveness of campaign spending by the other side, something that has been ruining politics for a long time.

[Darnell 8,478]

12 days and counting ! I really wanna see any of the videos put out for the tv viewing audience.