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Romney gets by with a little help from some very wealthy friends.
It sounds like Mitt Romney has scheduled quite a get-together for this weekend. On Friday, the Republican presidential hopeful will kick off a soiree of sorts, "strategizing and fraternizing with his biggest bundlers at a posh resort in Park City, Utah."
The presumptive Republican nominee and his senior advisers and aides are hosting two days of policy sessions and campaign strategy discussions at the Deer Valley resort for more than 100 top fundraisers and their spouses. Those who raised more than $100,000 are expected to attend.
More than a dozen Republican heavy-hitters are scheduled to join the private retreat as special guests.
Though the full guest list has not been released to the public, the Washington Post makes it sound like a who's who of GOP players. The "biggest bundlers" will hobnob with Romney and his team of advisors, as well as Paul Ryan, Bobby Jindal, John Thune, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, Jeb Bush, Reince Priebus, and former Utah governor Mike Leavitt, who happens to be leading up Romney's transition team.
Conservative media personalities will also be on hand, including Bill Kristol, Fred Barnes, and Mary Matalin, culminating in a speech from Karl Rove (Rove wears several hats this year, including running an attack super PAC, while providing campaign analysis as an ostensible media professional).
All of this, apparently, is "a way to reward top-performing bundlers, who make their own donations and then raise many times that from their networks of friends and associates." To be sure, this is quite a treat for these bundlers, who will reportedly be "briefed on campaign strategy" during the posh affair (the agenda for Saturday evening includes "dessert and dancing").
And who are the lucky folks who scored exclusive invitations? We don't know.That's part of the problem.
Unlike George W. Bush, John McCain, and Barack Obama, each of whom voluntarily disclosed the names of their bundlers, Romney refuses to share this information, preferring to maintain a veil of secrecy over his fundraising operation. These bundlers are poised to get extraordinary access to Republican leaders and the man who may be president next year, but we aren't allowed to know who they are.
It's one of the many oddities of the Romney campaign: he likes to talk about transparency, but his reality doesn't match his rhetoric.
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Nothing says, "I'm a man of the people" like holding secret meetings with a group of folks who can each afford to donate tens of millions of dollars.
Romoney's meeting with "his people"
Maybe he knighted himself or dubbed himself King of Nothing.
oklahoma62: Not much for reading comprehension, are you? Do you know the meaning of the word "secret"?
The Obama campaign has told you who those people are, and you can judge whether you think they have influence over the candidate and vote accordingly. Romney won't tell you who they are, and you're left to guess what their influence might be. Unless you're a political junkie, you likely don't even know that such potential corrupt influences exist.
Our political system being awash in money is also an issue, but not the point of the post, so your lame attempt at "gotcha" just shows you're not paying attention.
He can't help it he's from Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain and whistles through the empty space between the ears.
I always love me some George Soros reference because that immediately identifies the person as a Faux or Glenn Beck viewer. Their favorite Dem villain.
It would be George Who? to most others .
Perhaps we'll luck out and Park City will experience a major, highly destructive, earthquake.
Are you still in a bad mood, you can get punchy and join me just don't punch me.
Actually oklahoma you've gotten it so wrong, and while I shouldn't expect anything more from a GOTP'er I am always more and more amazed and disheartened by the sheeple bleating on the right.
See it's your responses that let liberals/progressives know that you are NOT thinking or understanding what you read (or if you read), and that's what ticks US off. Frankly, I am more than willing to have a "debate" about the issues, what I won't do is to counter-act the FAUX NOISE regurgitated talking points because they're LIES, HALF-TRUTHS, & DISTORTIONS, period!
Have they invited MSNBC or Mrs. Kennedy? Are dressed up horses allowed? Ahh, yes the king and queen are coming, if we can find out which ones they are. Mrs. Howell uninvited Ginger. And as always of course no dogs allowed, for Pete's sake....getting punchy, sorry.
A conclave of obscenely rich evil old white men gathers at a luxurious mountain lair in Utah to plot the imminent destruction of democracy, the overthrow the United States government and the imposition of a puppet oligarchic regime that will be devoted solely to feeding their infinite rapacity.
Yeah, I can remember when that was just a common plot device in paranoia-tinged action-hero spy movies.
Prove the perversion, or admit that you're just trolling. Either way, shut up unless you have something of substance to add.
Give him a break - his real name is Steve Doocy.
He was born that way
I am tired of hearing Mittens talk about Obama's failed policies that added trillions to the National debt.
Can anyone explain to me which democratic policies added TRILLIONS to the debt?
Someone needs to ask Romney that question RIGHT NOW.
The only policies that added more debt are ALL GOP, stimulus spending to fix GOP screw ups is also GOP spending.
Again, which Obama policies added TRILLIONS to the debt?
There are NONE.
How about wrong, oklahoma62.
To be fair, Mitt Romney does care about American citizens. It's just nobody told him the people living on minimum wage in small apartments eating microwave ready-meals to get by do in fact count as citizens.
And thank God ReservoirAngel...They do vote!
I would like the path to access the "Who's got money in America" graph. I have tried a websearch but did not find anything
The one from the show last night? Yeah, that was a great visual guide to the fantasy world Americans live in.
It's not odd at all. It's Romney's standard operating procedure.
Anyone else imagining that the keynote speaker will be C. Montgomery Burns?
Citizens United aside, I thought we still has some campaign finace law in this country.
How, given the limitation on coordination between the campaign and "independent" PACs can Rove, head of Crossroads, be at a Romney event to discuss "campaign strategy"?
Could someone take the FEC a pot of coffee and tell 'em to lay off the Ambien?
With the three republican members of the FEC obstructing any efforts toward oversight, campaign finance regulation has been completely obliterated. Politically, we are living in Tombstone and they are the Clanton gang.
To anyone with two nuerons to rub together, this event is clearly a massive political coordination operation. Rest assured, every person who donates to or operates a super-PAC, 501(c)(4) or other rightwing conservative organization will be in attendance.
Democrats are going to be outspent by some multiple this election. The key will be to persuade the majority not to listen, or better yet, to see their message as a political liability. That is going to take some bold and brilliant messaging.
God help us all.
"bold and brilliant messaging." Democrats. Not reassuring.
"Government for sale over here, government for sale. And not cheap. Do I hear bids?"
"Yes, Mr. Koch ...and Mr. Adelson ... and ...."
Sounds like a mini-Bilderberg Group get together. Any chance we can get the roster on this fete'?
Romney and his pals are auctioning Cabinet Positions to the highest bidders, and these bundlers are getting First crack.
I sure hope someone is stationed along the road to that place with a high powered lens, to snap some pics at the cars as they drive by, maybe snag a few license plate numbers and find out who's behind the tinted windows.
Romney is not concerned for America, he's only concerned about his ego, and how it must be constantly fed.
The media has ways of getting the info and that should be easy since there will be all sorts of service workers involved in handling the meeting.
Still waiting for an answer, all I get is jokes and distractions...
I am tired of hearing Mittens talk about "make-believe failed policies" from Obama that added trillions to the National debt.
Can anyone explain to me which democratic policies added $5 TRILLION to the debt as Romney says?
Someone needs to ask Romney that question RIGHT NOW.
The policies that added all those additional TRILLIONS to the national debt are ALL GOP.
Stimulus spending to fix GOP screw-ups is also GOP spending.
Again, which Obama policies added TRILLIONS to the debt?
Which Democratic policies damaged our economy?
There are NONE. Just more lies from the GOP.
Someone needs to push this question and shut the Romney lies about blaming Obama for the lagged economy.
Romney is not taking any questions right now or never, he can't wait to hide, wherever he hides.
How can I access the graph entitled "Who's Got the Money in America?"
Thank you moderator for blasting out Oklahoma troll