Wow...
I think he may have really hurt himself with this statement....
We all know it's going to take much more than 1.5 million to win this race, and we all know we're going to have to raise more as the election nears. But to dangle yet another fundraising number in front of us without a firm, definite commitment to run is really pushing the envelope.
The economy sucks. How many people here and elsewhere who donated to Ron Paul during the '07 moneybombs are now unemployed, or underemployed, or at the very least, worried about job security? As a country, we've been averaging over half a million job losses monthly for quite some time now.
I think Schiff would have a better chance of raising more money if he were to declare NOW, then urge everyone to donate to a "Turbo Launch" of the campaign. For instance, a "mini-bomb" with a reasonable goal of, say, $300,000 to be spent on a specific directed effort such as a newspaper and/or radio blitz to give Schiff a big boost in name recognition...
As for the present request to hit the 1.5 million mark *before* he declares... well... I figure Peter Schiff has a lot of clients who have a lot more liquid assets than I do at the moment. I'll hope for his sake they can come through with enough contributions to boost him over the 1.5 million mark. But for me, having already tossed more than $100+ into the Schiff (maybe/probably/well-let's-see) campaign, I'm afraid I'm going to have to direct my remaining limited assets toward candidates who have already declared.
