Monday, January 30, 2012
Arkansas Politics Clark Hall touts money raising
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Rep. Clark Hall, a Democratic candidate for 1st District Congress, reports raising more money than incumbent Republican Rep. Rick Crawford in the 4th quarter.
Money is critical, sure. But:
NO Republican, repeat NO Republican, will lack for money, whether it is in the candidate's own campaign account or from an independent committee with unlimited money to fire anonymously with whatever messaging/lie/distortion is necessary to carve up a Democratic challenger. Independent money was critical in Crawford's first victory. Democrat Chad Causey out-raised Crawford by a small amount, but $1.3 million in independent attack advertising rained down on Causey.
UPDATE: Though Republicans were responsible for most of the independent spending two years ago, both sides can play the game. Here's news of a Super PAC prepared to spend $3 million to defeat 10 Tea Party members of Congress. Sadly, none is an Arkansas congressman, though their voting records are essentially identical. Which reminds me: Anybody else heard that Rep. Steve Womack is distancing himself a bit from the Tea Party segment of the 3rd District Republican base?
NEWS RELEASE
In a show of striking campaign momentum, the Clark Hall for Arkansas campaign beat incumbent Congressman Rick Crawford in the fourth quarter financial disclosures, reported this month.
“I am honored by the outpouring of support for our campaign to put Arkansas interests ahead of Washington politics, to bring more jobs to our region and restore common-sense to the federal budget,” Hall said.
The following analysis released today by the Clark Hall for Arkansas campaign illustrates the momentum behind Clark Hall as the next Congressman from Arkansas’s first district.
Clark Hall announced total receipts of $131,714.51 compared to Crawford’s $125,433.18 including Hall’s direct donations of $125,214 to Crawford’s $124,981.30.
Clark Hall beat Congressman Rick Crawford even though Hall announced in the 4th quarter and did not have the full quarter to raise support.
Clark Hall had more individual support than Congressman Rick Crawford: Hall raised $92,064 in individual donations, Crawford only $67,569.
Clark Hall beat Congressman Rick Crawford on sheer growth. Hall reported $107,044.84 cash-on-hand, all raised in the 4th Quarter. Crawford netted only a $72,452 gain for the quarter, meaning Hall’s growth was almost 50 percent greater.
Hall now holds the record for most financial support ever raised in the 4th Quarter of a non-election year in the history of Arkansas’s First District.
Crawford released his campaign finance report late Friday afternoon. Hall released his January 17.
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>>$1.3 million in independent attack advertising rained down on Causey.<
If you're wondering where 1000-Year-Reich Rove is these days he's advance-engineering smear campaigns on D Senators and Representatives.
If you need reminding-his main skill during the Disaster Monkey's reign was taking out uncooperative Congressmen. He would target key Congress Critters and take them out, some in his own party.
That's where the battle is in 2012. Now that Herr Rove doesn't have the Disaster-in-Chief to manage he's planning several attacks on several sitting Senators up for re election and he is funded to the max courtesy of Citizens United for MoMoney in Politics.
Rove attacks are usually generic so he can easily move them district to district, state to state with small changes in the format.
Anyone else catch John McCain's criticism of the Citizens United decision on Face the Nation yesterday?
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In addition to outside money advantage, there's this. Kay wonders why republicans in Florida are pushing against early voting by reducing the time frame. Perhaps this is why:
"Not mentioned at the hearing was that Florida has made it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots by mail as an alternative to early voting or visiting the polls on Election Day. But UF’s Smith said the highest likelihood of fraud involves absentee ballots."
"Smith said they found African-American, Hispanic, youth, and first-time voters were much more likely to vote on the Sunday before the election."
Repubs favor absentee voting because their demographic is more likely to use it. They oppose early voting because of who is likely to use it, and in Florida have eleminated the pre-election Sunday from early voting.
To me, all of this flies in the face of hard-fought-for voting rights acts.
Go read the whole thing:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/01/30/im…
Would it do any good if all of us wrote them and asked for Womack to be put on their list? There are still 4 slots open.
https://secure.actblue.com/page/takedown
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I haven't heard anything about Womack distancing himself from the tea baggers, but it's probably a smart move in that I've seen no evidence that the Tea Party is very active in NWA. Washington County's chapter doesn't even have 100 members; don't know about Benton or Sebastian counties, but if they're active, they're quiet about it (which I guess is the opposite of being active).
Laughing... The title and the first line of the post say a Democrat is cheering how bribed they are... and yet everyone including Mr Brantley can't spin fast enough into the *those darned republicans" mode. When it is clear this bribed based problem is both systemic and bipartisan.
You all are really quite fun to watch.... like a spinning top on a sidewalk... you don't care who pulls your string.... as long as you can simply claim it's a republican whilst ignoring all else.
Eureka, call me in 50 or 100 years when your way of changing the world for the better has actually moved the ball down the field.
Good ol Steve seems like he would fit right in with all the tea party brethren. Look at how he handled the working mom who also attends the U of A, and is a mother, when she asked a question regarding helping people in her predicament. He had a ridiculous response, like most tea partiers.
By the way, aren't these folks just corporate lackeys and most don't really know it?
I see you are still spinning outliar. If the game is rigged from all sides... don't play.
Eureka, you have a goal, but you have never put forth the means to getting there. Dropping out is not an option if you care about improving lives in the here and now. People have unmet needs NOW. Saving social security and medicare has to be done NOW. Creating jobs has to be done NOW. I could go on, but you get the picture. Waiting for a third party to have the clout to actually do something leads to untold suffering NOW. Incremental change doesn't help everyone all at once, but it will reach your goals in the identical amount of time with a whole lot less suffering along the way.
outlier, I usually agree with you on most topics, but I agree with es that we cannot keep fantasizing that either of the one-pretending-to-be-two corporate-owned parties will ever divert from el's mo-money course. The corruption will continue as long as you insist that alternatives are useless.
From an earlier thread:
"If our oligarchic system of government were running a foreign country, we'd call for regime change. A political system run by one party of the wealthy masquerading as two parties, while suppressing other political parties, would be seen as tyrannical as the old Soviet Union. But we tolerate it like we are powerless serfs."
You are locked into an either-or fallacy. You can work for "incremental change" AND support the emergence of an alternate. Despite all the scary bedtime lies the dems have told you, you can vote Green and the national numbers won't be affected, especially here in Arkansas.
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