Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Despite strong words, GOP fundraiser yields smallest haul in five years

RAW STORY

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama’s plan to fix the economy has “already failed” and “bowing to the Saudi King is not an energy policy” in a fundraising speech Monday for House and Senate Campaign Committees — playing the part previously held by President George W. Bush, who headlined the fundraisers as president the past eight years.

Despite his rhetoric — it appeared that it was Gingrich who may have failed for the night: AP noted that “despite the rallying cry, the GOP faithful still weren’t opening their wallets as they have in recent past. The event took in a relatively small fundraising haul of $14.5 million, the lowest total in at least five years. Last year, it raised $21.5 million, compared with $15.4 million in 2007 and $27 million in 2006.”...................

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