Jim Hunt’s first quarter fundraising irrelevant
April 14th, 2008 by Wiley CodyExpect Jim Hunt’s camp to come out ecstatic about out-raising Denny Rehberg in last quarter’s fundraising (is that article title a typo?). Certainly the Democrats will try to spin this as a sign that the tide has turned and Jon Tester Jim Hunt is going to send that bumbling Republican Conrad Burns Denny Rehberg packing in 2008.
Truth be told, though remember Kennedy did pretty well against Rehberg in his first quarter too, but his fundraising dropped off after that. Once your regulars max out - which they are going to do no matter what - every new dollar becomes harder to raise. It’s a bit like selling Cutco Knives - once you burn through the family and close friends - who are more or less obligated to buy a set of knives - the sales get a bit tougher.
We’ll see how Hunt does next quarter. Especially with realists in the Democrat Party saying Denny’s around until he chooses to leave in 2012 and optimists saying he may be defeated as early as 2010. Yeah, people are going to be flocking to give this lost-cause a chunk of their hard-earned money.
