Republicans may be bracing for chaos in Cleveland, but there's one aspect of the party's quadrennial nominating convention that appears on track: fundraising. GOP officials said the two committees charged with raising money for the festivities are already close to meeting their goals, with $67.Source: GOP outstripping Democrats in hunt for convention cash...
Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton.Source: Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump...
Imagine this: Donald Trump wooing delegates with rides on his gold-accoutered private jet. A wealthy Ted Cruz supporter wining and dining them at the Cleveland convention. Welcome bags stocked with expensive swag awaiting party activists in their hotel rooms, courtesy of a well-funded super PAC.Source: How far can campaigns go to win support from a Republican delegate?...
The night Donald Trump notched his first win as a presidential candidate, he took the stage in New Hampshire between Ivanka and Melania and lit into the special interests that he declared had corrupted Washington — the company town that Trump, marketer extraordinaire, has ruthlessly trashed toSource: Trump’s own Beltway establishment guy: The curious journey of Don McGahn...
In a terrific new piece by The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe detailing Ted Cruz's multiple-ballot strategy at this summer's Republican National Convention, there is a startling acknowledgment by Donald Trump's chief strategist, Paul Manafort.Source: Donald Trump’s campaign just acknowledged something very important about his convention chances...
In the summer, the Republican Party may host a “contested convention” for the first time in 40 years. To win the presidential nomination, a candidate must win the votes of a majority of the convention’s 2,472 delegates.Source: Here’s one simple way to minimize the chaos at the Republican National Convention...
Paul Ryan raised $9,035,400 from donors who cut checks larger than $50,000. | AP PhotoSource: Bulk of Ryan's fundraising haul in $50k-plus chunks...
First they spent tens of millions trying to boost their favorite presidential candidates, then they poured cash into ads attacking Donald Trump, and now some of the biggest donors on the right are turning their attention to the delegate fight.Source: Billionaires fund anti-Trump delegate push...
LAS VEGAS — Dispirited over a Republican Party primary that has devolved into an ugly, damaging fight, some of the GOP’s biggest financiers are reevaluating whether to invest in the 2016 presidential contest at all.Source: Sheldon Adelson and top GOP donors retreat to the sidelines...
