Ted Cruz Fundraising Starts Off Well
Ted Cruz has had a good start to his fundraising:
Sen. Ted Cruz has raised $4 million in the eight days since officially launching his White House bid, his campaign confirmed Wednesday night.
And in a sign of his appeal to grassroots conservatives, his campaign said that 95 percent of the contributions came in amounts of $100 or less.
Cruz, who formally announced his presidential campaign on March 23, remains the only major candidate in either party to officially launch a White House bid. He raised $1 million within a day of his formal announcement, and $2 million within the first three days, according to his campaign. Cruz’s campaign said bundlers accounted for one-third of the money raised and that 300 donors maxed out on their contributions to Cruz.
Nobody thinks Cruz will raise more than the careful establishment types who attract the Big Business bucks that keep crony capitalism alive and well. His goal is a relatively paltry $30 million, which is nothing compared to what the crony capitalist candidates get. Still, Cruz says this is a pretty damned good start:
“This constitutional conservative campaign has raised more in the first week than any Republican nominee in modern times,” Cruz said. “We raised more … than Romney did in 2012 … [or] McCain in 2008.”
I’m pleased to be among the 5% who donated more than $100 — but he clearly appreciates every contribution, no matter how small. He is still taking donations here.
Ding.
Patterico (9c670f) — 4/3/2015 @ 11:47 amIt’s good to see that Ted is doing well. I was noticing a day or so ago that some of the network and cable reporters were chomping at the bit to get him on to interview. They were clearly hoping he’d say something crazeee or that they could ambush him. After a few outings on national TV where he has been charming, and has more than held his own, and has even kind of embarrassed the interviewer, I wonder if it’s going get harder for Cruz to get invited to these shows as a way of showcasing himself and to get his message out.
elissa (b44fa6) — 4/3/2015 @ 12:13 pmI wonder if that means that $3.8M was raised from donations less than $100, or if that really means 10,000 donations of $100 ($1M) and 530 donations of $5660 (≈$3M)?
prowerguy (3af7ff) — 4/3/2015 @ 12:16 pmFirst time I have been in the 95% of anything.
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 12:24 pmThanks Ted.
The marketplace of ideas! I wish him luck; this should be what it is all about.
Now Senator Cruz gets to demonstrate what he brings to the table for all voters.
The press and the D’s (the same thing) will go nuts.
I kind of find that a feature, not a bug.
As long as we can avoid Queen HRC.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 4/3/2015 @ 12:46 pmTed Cruz is a cuban manchurian candidate, everything about him is fake, even the Jerry Brown video
Jerry coming out against Cruz gives Cruz street cred, and Jerry knows it.
Smitty (9a0f0d) — 4/3/2015 @ 12:51 pmthat’s a half million a day
about the same as those pizza people
happyfeet (831175) — 4/3/2015 @ 1:01 pmHe can hold a fund raiser at his local klavern or aryan brotherhood club house.
mr justice (fe784c) — 4/3/2015 @ 1:39 pmWe seem to have some new commenters.
elissa (b44fa6) — 4/3/2015 @ 1:42 pmhappy easter he is risen
happyfeet (831175) — 4/3/2015 @ 1:58 pmYou know you’re over the target when the flak gets so thick you can walk on it.
askeptic (efcf22) — 4/3/2015 @ 1:59 pmFor the newbies, listen close.
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 2:00 pmhttp://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=junior+murvin+cool+down+the+heat&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=B52010C2B21B78D96FDDB52010C2B21B78D96FDD
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 2:01 pmmy takeaway from that is about how it’s imperative for us to cool down the heat
happyfeet (831175) — 4/3/2015 @ 2:56 pmIs Cruz going to turn off the security for the credit card donations so he can accept non traceable foreign contributions – Never mind – he is a republican – no foreigner is going to donate to a ….
joe (debac0) — 4/3/2015 @ 3:19 pmNo, only Democrats – the vegetable beef body odor attracts ’em – and carnival folk…
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 4/3/2015 @ 3:35 pmTried to donate but will not give my phone number.
Robert Nye (6d277d) — 4/3/2015 @ 3:53 pmSince when did they start letting Cubans in?
MSL (5f601f) — 4/3/2015 @ 4:21 pmI know some Cuban-Irish, but no Cuban-Aryans
Bigot in Philly (not in Philly at the moment) (deca84) — 4/3/2015 @ 4:34 pmMost of his donations are coming from democrats hoping it will help get him the nomination. Hillary would love to run against joe mccarthy ll.
mr justice (5c7793) — 4/3/2015 @ 6:40 pmJoe was right about you commies, mr justice.
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 6:47 pm“Seem to” but almost certainly don’t. It’s always the same obsessed sock puppets. It’s cute how I get inside their heads.
Patterico (55fae8) — 4/3/2015 @ 6:48 pmHmm. If the sock puppets attack Ted this early, that is probably a good thing.
kishnevi (91d5c6) — 4/3/2015 @ 6:57 pm19.
My best boss was Cuban Irish. Can’t think of any Aryans, though….
One way to deal with these sockpuppets is require commenters to be over 18. God but they think they’re so precious.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 4/3/2015 @ 7:11 pmhttp://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/03/ted-cruz-run-campaign-ads-killing-jesus-program-easter-weekend.html
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 7:11 pmAre you telling me Cruz isn’t a German name!?
Gerald A (6b504a) — 4/3/2015 @ 7:15 pmmg, what sewer did you plumb to find that one?
kishnevi (91d5c6) — 4/3/2015 @ 7:34 pmseriously, that’s a den of Trig denialists and other vermin,
narciso (ee1f88) — 4/3/2015 @ 7:37 pmI thought the comments were very democrat.
mg (31009b) — 4/3/2015 @ 8:01 pmYes.
mg (31009b) — 4/4/2015 @ 2:31 amhttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/03/this-is-our-fight-heres-ted-cruzs-first-campaign-ad/
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/04/03/the-mainstream-media-has-a-serious-ted-cruz-problem/
mg (31009b) — 4/4/2015 @ 2:40 amMake them squirm.
The establishment heads will explode when the likes of Palin start campaigning for Ted.
mg (31009b) — 4/4/2015 @ 2:47 amIf I remember correct, she raised quite a sum for juan in the first few weeks.
It’s absolutely hilarious that someone can even plumb the depths of conspiracy theories to come up with the idea that Democrats who hate, hate, hate Ted Cruz and everything he stands for (The US Constitution) would actually donate 3 million dollars in the first couple weeks to his campaign. Democrats are afraid of him, and so are the Establishment Republicans. Both want his campaign destroyed before it starts, the opposite of what is happening.
John Hitchcock (42c819) — 4/5/2015 @ 3:42 pmFinally a republican running a campaign like a business.
mg (31009b) — 4/6/2015 @ 9:52 amhttp://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/06/exclusive-inside-ted-cruzs-campaign-hq-how-texas-firebrand-plans-to-win-by-breaking-all-the-rules/