In a unique campaign funding move, supporters of Mitt Romney can now donate used toasters and other unwanted merchandise to his campaign. While they cannot send these things to any of his state campaign headquarters for a tax-deductible donation, they can sell them through an internet auction established by the Romney camp, from which the auction proceeds are donated to his campaign.
Romney, former Massachusetts governor has fallen in recent polls in Iowa, according to results posted at usaelectionpolls.com and is beginning to lose ground in New Hampshire. Romney is trailing Mike Huckabee in Iowa by a 35 percent to 27 percent margin for second place and leads John McCain in New Hampshire by only a 31 percent to 27 percent margin.
Romney's campaign committee says the auction takes advantage of people who want to make a donation to the candidate but may not have the necessary funds to do so. By auctioning off their unneeded and unwanted items they can clean out their basement or garage while helping support the candidate. It also gives others a mean of supporting Romney financially by possibly paying prices considerably higher than what some of the merchandise may be worth, according to some critics of the plan.
In polls posted at PresidentElectionPolls.com Romney has been pitted against some of the top leaders in the Democratic primary field and the results indicate that the race would be tight against several of the leading contenders. Nationally, he is still behind Rudy Giuliani in many states but on a national level they are in a virtual deadlock at 20 percent for both candidates.
