Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney topped the GOP fundraising campaign at $21 million in the first three months of the year. Coming is second is New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani who raised $15 million dollars while Senator John McCain from Arizona came in third with only $12.5 million. For the campaign manager of Senator McCain, the low turn-out of funding support was a disappointment. History tells us that the results of the fundraising campaigns can influence the chances of the candidates in winning the election later on. Since the 2008 is predicted to be the most expensive election ever conducted in the United States, the lack of funds can easily cripple the campaign of the candidate.
The latest national poll posted on USAElectionPolls.com shows Mitt Romney dropping back into fourth place behind Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and John McCain. The polls suggests that even non-candidate Newt Gingrich is fairing comparatively with Mitt Romney.
Although Romney had been getting single digits in the polling, he had been a very aggressive fundraiser from the very beginning. The contacts that he built over time also helped a lot in his fundraising activities. Note that when he launched his campaign with a “National Call Day” in Boston last January, the likes of Meg Whitman, chief executive of eBay and Missouri Governor Matt Blunt burned the line calling friends and colleagues to back the candidacy of Romney. Romney’s fellow Mormons were also very supportive of his fundraising campaigns. The “National Call Day” generated about $6.5 million which by far one of the most productive one day fundraising activity for all GOP candidates so far.
The feat pulled by Romney in the area of raising funds was really expected. With very influential people at the helm of his fundraising campaigns, it is a small wonder that Romney tops the fundraising campaign of GOP.
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