"Palin PAC Raises Record Money [Daniel Foster]
An FEC filing reveals that Sarah Palin's political action committee, Sarah PAC, raised $866,000 in the second quarter of this year, more money than in any quarter since its founding in January 2009.
There's more:
The committee, Sarah PAC, also spent nearly twice as much – $742,000 – as it had in any previous quarter, the lion's share of which went to the type of list-building and fundraising (including its first major direct-mail campaign) that typically undergird top-tier political committees. It also reported its biggest-ever round of donations to candidates – $87,50 – and its highest outlays for travel costs, including $17,000 on private jet fare to crisscross the country for high-profile political speaking gigs, and speechwriting. It also showed continued payments for that speechwriting as well as foreign and domestic policy consulting, and its first ever payments to a scheduler.
In short, for the first time since the 2008 campaign when she was the vice-presidential running mate to GOP presidential candidate John McCain, Palin is supported by a political operation befitting someone considering a presidential run.
Of course, that doesn't mean she's considering such a run, but it does mean she could make such a run — for herself or for somebody else — a good deal easier." |
