GOP Nominee
Former Candidates
Reports Jon Martin:
On Friday McCain manager Rick Davis sent an email to the senator’s top fundraisers requesting that they help Hizzoner retire the debt he incurred from his lackluster campaign.
“While this is an unusual request, it is extremely important for the McCain campaign and the party,” Davis wrote in a message to the campaign’s finance leadership team. “We need to help Mayor Giuliani retire his debt as soon as possible so we can move forward with everyone spending 100% of their time helping to get John McCain in the White House. The time Rudy Giuliani has to spend raising money to pay down his debt is time he could be spending raising money and reaching out to voters for us.”
Giuliani, who raised far less money than his campaign had planned on and never contributed any of his cash to the race, reported to the FEC last month that his former campaign had $4 million in cash but $3.1 million in debt.
In the email, Davis directs the McCain donors to make their contribution to Rudy’s website — which is being kept up exclusively for purposes of retiring his debt.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
“Giuliani, who raised far less money than his campaign had planned on and never contributed any of his cash to the race, reported to the FEC last month that his former campaign had $4 million in cash but $3.1 million in debt.”
By my count that’s $900,000 more than what he needs to pay off his debt. What’s the problem?
April 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Maybe Rudy is the VP choice, and donating money to him could be a proxy for McCain? Unlikely, but interesting.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Man, I could think of a hole lot better things to do with my money then help a guy worth 50 million plus retire 3 million dollars in debt.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Curious. Very, very curious…
April 13th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
What? McCain stinks at economics, or else these numbers just aren’t right.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Too bad Romney can’t cut him a check for more than 2300 dollars or he’d be set…
April 13th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I read somewhere that $3.1 million of the 4 million was only for the general election. That would leave $2 million of debt from the primary fund.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Rudy would be a fantastic way to siphon off those disillusioned soon-to-be-former Hillary voters once and for all.
McCain-Giuliani ‘08: The Dream Isn’t Dead!
April 14th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Public financing in the general will make Rudy the only choice for McCain.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:29 am
This is really weird!
April 14th, 2008 at 9:14 am
I don’t get this… McCain is being outraised 3 to 1 by Obama, and he tells his fundraisers to stop giving to him and give to a failed primary opponent worth millions who can pay off his own debt???
Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense (or any sense, really)… unless McCain is trying to buy a Vice President…
April 14th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Matt(11): My guess would be that this is directed to McCain donors who are maxed out in donations to McCain.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Everyone gives Romney a bad time for using his own money for his campaign….Rudy has money…. let him pay his own debt. I question McCain and his financial smarts…..don’t give to me but give to Rudy….There are other GOP campaigns in the states level that could be supported instead of donating to a DEAD opponents race.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Rudy is worth 60 million. I think he can work his way out of this little debt, and not be able to tell one iota afterwards that he had done so.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Put McCain on the brain donor list. He needs a new one.