| So, the results are in ...
President Bush's fundraiser for John Kennedy last night netted $800,000, $500,000 of which will be going to Mr. Kennedy's campaign coffers. An interesting sidenote to the article is that Sinator Vitter was not at the press conference at the Baton Rouge Airport, as only Governor PBJ, John N. Kennedy and President Bush were there. However, Vitter was able to hitch a ride back to Washington, D.C. on Air Force one last night.
The $500,000 haul now puts Kennedy above the $2 million cash on hand mark.
Mary Landrieu also held an online fundraiser to counter the funds raised by Mr. 28% ... while the Landrieu campaign has not released the total amount raised, 387 folks have donated to Mary's campaign since they started the online fundraiser.
Senator Barbara Boxer of California, who understands the importance of securing a working majority in the Senate for the Democratic Party, set up an ActBlue page, where some 272 folks donated $14,660 in the last 24 hours or so. That's an average of about $54 dollars a donor. If we assume that the folks that donated at Mary's website averaged the same amount, that would be another $20,858 to add.
$35,000 for a 24 hour online fundraiser is nothing to sneeze at. |
