Hovde Spent $4M Out of Pocket for His Campaign

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 04:03 pm

According to this she has spent nothing of her own money.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004367 Hovde puts up 4 million of his own money in a highly contested seat. Pretty impressive.

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 04:05 pm

Last ellection Candidate self-financing $5,282,800 (94%)

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 04:10 pm

So then, if Baldwin doesn't believe in herself enough to put her own money where her mouth is, then why should anyone in their right mind be willing to support her?

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 04:25 pm

(D)

St. Swithin July 17, 2012 at 04:48 pm

"well heeled radical LGBT Army". (snigger) AWD has the most amusing hallucinations sometimes. They don't all wear heels, you know - just the guys.

Greg July 17, 2012 at 05:37 pm

Does it really say this under the headline, "Baldwin leading Democratic candidates in campaign fundraising with $2.2 million raised."???

Greg July 17, 2012 at 05:39 pm

Hoffa, I've got fifty bucks that Baldwin gets the most Democratic votes.

David Tatarowicz July 17, 2012 at 05:46 pm

@JRH Please note that Hovde did NOT GIVE this money to his campaign --- he LENT the money to the campaign.
This is why so many very rich people have taken a chance on politics --- because of the Supreme Court ruling, they are not limited to what they can put in of their own money --- but they lend it to their campaign, and hope they are elected so they can hold fundraisers and pay themselves back. This is not just Republicans, Democrats do it as well, although Kohl does not hold fundraisers to get his money back, but he is an exception.

Bren July 17, 2012 at 05:53 pm

Well it certainly shows he wants the job. One of the things I like about Herb Kohl is that he's not beholden to special interests. I'm tired of candidates and officials who are compromised by special interest dollars (both parties).

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 06:02 pm

@Bren -
Well then, you must like Hovde more than Baldwin then, yes?

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 06:05 pm

Why does Baldwin's campaign finance report show that her campaign received $28,035 from the public University of Wisconsin system?
Isn't this illegal?

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 06:11 pm

How is it possible that a Democratic candidate is out-fundraising Republican candidates if Citizens United gave the campaign finance advantage to the GOP?
Looks like that MS-NBC LIE has been effectively debunked!

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 06:50 pm

I saw that, nice funneling effect there. 100% of that is individual donations, so employees or ones connected I guess. They fill out their organization but money is donated from personal funds? Am I surprised? No, scratch my back i'll scratch yours with some tax payer money.

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 06:51 pm

checkmate

Steve ® July 17, 2012 at 06:52 pm

You can now drop the MS part maybe they will once and for all replace it with BS

Bren July 17, 2012 at 07:05 pm

No, I don't share his views. But since this is a majority-rule country I embrace the idea that both parties (and independents) put forward their "best and brightest." Since we all have to live with the results.

Bren July 17, 2012 at 07:22 pm

Eric Hovde is receiving support in an unknown denomination from the pro-Tea/GOP super PAC "FreedomWorks for America," founded in 2004 as the child of Empower America and Citizens for a Sound Economy, "an industry-funded think tank promoting deregulation and funded in large part by the Koch brothers." (Source: http://www.iwatchnews.org/node/8350/). Here's the FreedomWorks webpage for Hovde: http://www.freedomworksforamerica.org/candidate/eric-hovde.
I am savoring this sentence from the "About" page on FreedomWorks: "FreedomWorks for America (FWFA) is focused on spearheading bottom-up grassroots campaigns..." By its own description, astroturf. You can't make this stuff up! ; )

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 08:46 pm

Tammy Baldwin is receiving support in unknown denominations from pro-LGBT and ultra liberal super PACs. One in particular called "LPAC," was founded in 2012 by Laura Ricketts, the billionaire co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise. Other groups include HRC and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. (Source: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/07/11/514385/new-lesbian-super-pac-will-champion-gay-and-womens-rights/). Here's the Gay and Lesbian Vitctory Fund page for Baldwin: http://www.victoryfund.org/endorsed_candidates/profile/candidate:520
I am savoring this sentence from the "About" page on the HRC website: "Founded in 1980, HRC advocates on behalf of LGBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public about LGBT issues." By its own description, astroturf. You can't make this stuff up! ; )

James R Hoffa July 17, 2012 at 08:50 pm

@Bren -
But Tammy Baldwin is receiving more direct money from special interests than any of the Republican candidates. So, how exactly do you reconcile this very real fact? Isn't she being compromised by special interest dollars? At least Hovde is spending mostly his own money, out of a belief in himself to do what's right for the American people.

Rick July 17, 2012 at 11:51 pm

This election is about directions that we want to go as a country. Do we move toward the socialist economic model that has proven to work so well in places like Greece, Spain, Italy, Cuba and the USSR? Or do we move back toward smaller government and free market with more personal responsibility for our own financial future?
Regardless of who the republican candidate is... they are going to me more center right to very conservative and will help insure the change of direction we need. Tammy is so beholding to special interests that she can only represent the people that paid for her campaign. And most of them don’t live in Wisconsin. To me the choice is intuitively obvious to the casual observer. nuf said.

$$andSense July 18, 2012 at 03:37 am

DOOF!!

Dirk Gutzmiller July 18, 2012 at 03:42 pm

Rick - What country do you want the U.S. to be more like?

Keith Schmitz July 18, 2012 at 07:29 pm

Rick talks about the socialist economic model "proven to work so well" in various countries, and then talks about smaller government, but doesn't say whether or not it works well.
Maybe because it doesn't. And never has. So the right is asking to give what Romney is peddling yet another shot. Lather, rinse, repeat. As much as these guys plead for a free market economy which has never worked, why don't they sell us on the idea that it can work, rather than employing their usual game plan of peddling lies, fanning fear, appealing to bigotry and suppressing the vote. It would be damned refreshing for once.

Keith Schmitz July 18, 2012 at 07:30 pm

And now Jimmy you are not going to claim you are a homophobe or that there are no homophobes in the GOP.
If you say so Jimmy.

Keith Schmitz July 18, 2012 at 07:31 pm

No Steve, that would be FOX, and "news" source that has been proven to be less informative than watching paint dry.

Keith Schmitz July 18, 2012 at 07:32 pm

The difference is that Hovde is in this to enrich himself and his buddies. And please, be a moron and come back to claim that is what is Herb did.

Steve ® July 18, 2012 at 07:37 pm

What an amazing comeback. Did you think of that all by yourself? You must be using the big boy bed now congrats!

Greg July 18, 2012 at 08:02 pm

Strange, the left is also employing their usual game plan of peddling lies, fanning fear, appealing to bigotry and suppressing the vote.
Just ask Mike Tate.

Terry July 19, 2012 at 09:10 am

Don't forget promoting class warfare as well Greg... That whole divide and conquer thing.

Pat Roberts July 24, 2012 at 11:20 pm

I know if he has 4-million to spend on a campaign, he can't have any idea what it is like being me and there is no way he can posibly know how to represent me.