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$700,000 + $600,000 for Coakley

By | 01.14.10 | 1:06 pm

The first number is how much Democrats say their Senate candidate in Massachusetts has raised since sending out an email appeal yesterday from Vicki Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). The second number is how much MoveOn.org says it’s raised with its own appeal. By comparison, More…

The First Republican Moneybomb?

By | 01.13.10 | 1:58 pm

In a post making the convincing case that the national interest in the race has hurt GOP candidate Scott Brown’s chance at an upset victory in the Massachusetts, Markos Moulitsas makes a point I hadn’t heard elsewhere.

[H]is moneybomb on Monday was the first real moneybomb conservative activists have

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$1.3 Million for Brown

By | 01.12.10 | 9:43 am

The GOP’s candidate in the Massachusetts special election raised more than one million dollars — double the goal — in a 24-hour “moneybomb” on the Ron Paul model. The event itself, and its presentation, bespoke the confidence of a campaign that the slapdash organization of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley More…

A Scott Brown Moneybomb

By | 01.11.10 | 9:33 am

Supporters of Massachusetts GOP Senate Candidate Scott Brown are holding a Ron Paul-style “moneybomb” today at the site RedInvadesBlue. The money, according to a video of Brown posted at the site, is for a final push and “getting ready in case any negative ads hit, which are already starting.” More…

A Rand Paul Moneybomb

By | 12.16.09 | 12:26 pm

Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) more or less invented the concept of the one-day “moneybomb” tied to a history event. Two years ago exactly, Paul raised $6 million for his presidential bid in a national event tied to the original Boston Tea Party. Today, Paul’s son Rand — More…

Ron Paul’s ‘Moneybomb’ Guru Working for Minuteman Chris Simcox

By | 09.15.09 | 5:34 pm

Chris Simcox, the co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, is in D.C. this week — he marched in the “taxpayer march” on 9/12, and he was working radio row at the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” lobbying event. And Simcox, who’s running in More…

Rand Paul ‘Moneybomb’ Raises $435,000

By | 08.21.09 | 9:16 am

The one-day “moneybomb” for Rand Paul’s campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, modeled on the 24-hour fundraisers that fueled his father Ron’s presidential bid, was a substantial success: the younger Paul raised $435,000 yesterday.