Schiff kicked his opponents in the ......

[evilfunnystuff]

Lonegan did surprisingly well all things considered. Don't underestimate the amount of Ron Paul/Constitutionalist support within the GOP here. It is growing and taking over positions within the party. I know of several very active Ron Paul supporters that are elected to party positions or actual offices. Of course, we have a long way to go and even then it is still NJ where Republicans are way outnumbered.

neither of them had near the amount of support shiff and rand will have

im real curious how kokesh will do hes got those Arizona guys from the 4409 rp meetup helpin him out and they do things big
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[Gage]

Just out of curiosity, was any of this money that Schiff had loaned himself? Or is this only contributions from supporters?

 

[Matt Collins]

The most expensive part would be Schiff vs Dodd, but by then Schiff would have support of the Republican party's ability to fundraise.

Don't bet on it.


Here is how the GOP works.

They look at all of the races they have a chance of winning, and they dump everything they have there. All of the races which have less of a chance, get less attention. Unseating Dodd in his state is very hard to do, so my guess is that the GOP will get behind the low hanging fruit for that reason alone (not to mention that many in the GOP leadership would rather have a Democrat than a Ron Paul Republican in office).

 

[surf]

how is Dodd viewed by connecticut folks? if i remember right - he's said a lot of dumb stuff over the past couple of years and - did he get word on the torture? did he vote for war? these are all things that the GOP may not embrace but they are positions that appeal to most democrats and humans in general.

 

[gls]

how is Dodd viewed by connecticut folks? if i remember right - he's said a lot of dumb stuff over the past couple of years and - did he get word on the torture? did he vote for war? these are all things that the GOP may not embrace but they are positions that appeal to most democrats and humans in general.

Dodd is extremely vulnerable largely due to a long-running (and ongoing) mortgage scandal involving Countrywide Financial. Just today there was an article on the front page of the Hartford Courant that Dodd had been "cleared" by the "Senate Ethics Committee". I had a good laugh with my family over that one. No one is buying it. I think Dodd has already lost a majority of the independents and unless he can somehow get them back he loses the state. That is why it will be no easy feat for Schiff to win the CT GOP Senate nomination.

 

[rajibo]

Where'd the balls go?

 

[dr. hfn]

Where'd the balls go?

ya! If Schiff exposes how corrupt and unprincipled Dodd is he will win. Plus a good amount of money and many volunteers.

 

[tpreitzel]

Where'd the balls go?

Only the shadow knows ...

 

[surf]

Dodd is extremely vulnerable largely due to a long-running (and ongoing) mortgage scandal involving Countrywide Financial. Just today there was an article on the front page of the Hartford Courant that Dodd had been "cleared" by the "Senate Ethics Committee". I had a good laugh with my family over that one. No one is buying it. I think Dodd has already lost a majority of the independents and unless he can somehow get them back he loses the state. That is why it will be no easy feat for Schiff to win the CT GOP Senate nomination.

i should know this... but is Dodd's seat on the GOP hit list for this election? hence, should Schiff win the primary he will be well supported (at least financially) by the national Rs?

edit: the Schiff campaign may want to focus on Ds in the primary season....

 

[dr. hfn]

Should we try and get the GOP's support for Peter?

 

[anaconda]

What?! Thats sounds way too high. Volunteers can make up for some of that money.

Heck, he's got $700K and we're not even out of exploratory committee time!

Everyone who donated to RP should do the same for Schiff. It shouldn't matter what district they're in. I mean, we're all loving that HR 1207 is hitting the fan in Congress but only a minority of us are Texans.

We should give Schiff a $4 million money bomb and seal the deal.

 

[gls]

i should know this... but is Dodd's seat on the GOP hit list for this election? hence, should Schiff win the primary he will be well supported (at least financially) by the national Rs?

edit: the Schiff campaign may want to focus on Ds in the primary season....

It's hard to say. I wouldn't put much faith in the national Republican Party 'leadership' helping Schiff, even if he does win the primary. After all they want a candidate they can control.

 

[Jeremy]

What?! Thats sounds way too high. Volunteers can make up for some of that money.

too high? I think Peter Schiff himself has said 20 million lol

now THAT is too high

 

[koob]

I'm getting really excited about Schiff and Rand Paul running. I have been laying low this past year. I check Campaign for Liberty's website daily, but I never donated to any of the Paul supports running for congress or anything. But I donated to Schiff yesterday and I plan on donating to Rand Paul later this month.

I think these two have a shot. I have high hopes for Rand Paul's moneybomb. If supporters won't donate to Ron Paul's OWN SON. Then well. . . the revolution is. . . I don't want to think about it.

 

[He Who Pawns]

Schiff needs the big bucks up front, for the primary. once he gets to the general, money will flood in. watch and see.

 

[No1ButPaul08]

Schiff needs the big bucks up front, for the primary. once he gets to the general, money will flood in. watch and see.

I agree. If Schiff makes it through the primary he will see money come flooding in. The mainstream republicans will be forced to support him, not because they want to but because the GOP is struggling and will take anyone they can get. The CT seat is seen as winnable, and with the GOP sitting at 40 senators, they have no option but support him.

Not to mention the grassroots will be going strong and the fact this would be the most publicized race in the country.

 

[He Who Pawns]

Peter is gonna need like 5 million for the primary. Hopefully he can kick in 2 million or more of his own money to get over that hump, then rely on fundraising for the primary.

Remember that Dr Paul barely raised any money until he started getting attention from the debates, etc.

 

[dr. hfn]

Schiff I don't think will win debates unless he is given enoug time to explain himself. Sound bites won't work for him methinks.

 

[Stary Hickory]

Who knows for sure, but $2M is probably minimum for the whole campaign.

You kidding only 2 million? Hell I think we can get Schiff double that. I thought he said he needed 20 MILLION. IF it's two million we can make that work.

 

[jmlfod87]

The general isn't in the tough race where the money matters, the primary is. Dodd is extremely unpopular and has a good 55% chance of losing. If Schiff can secure the nomination Dodd will probably have a 65% chance of losing.