[…] leads Shays in recent polls, although Shays announced yesterday that he outraised McMahon in the first quarter of 2012 by over $280,000. Shays has argued that McMahon, who ran […]
The BIG news is not that Shays has more than doubled McMahon’s fundraising. The Big news is that McMahon has actually received that much money from over 1000 donors.
From National Journal Hotline: “Shays told Hotline on Call in March that he would need to raise $2 million – $4 million to win the August GOP primary. He’s not yet close to reaching that goal.” Ouch.
[…] leads Shays in recent polls, although Shays announced yesterday that he outraised McMahon in the first quarter of 2012 by over $280,000. Shays has argued that McMahon, who ran […]
The BIG news is not that Shays has more than doubled McMahon’s fundraising. The Big news is that McMahon has actually received that much money from over 1000 donors.
From National Journal Hotline: “Shays told Hotline on Call in March that he would need to raise $2 million – $4 million to win the August GOP primary. He’s not yet close to reaching that goal.” Ouch.
This is STILL considerably under the $1 million benchmark Shays set for HIMSELF to be a viable candidate…
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/01/fec-wrap-one-da.php