GOP Tops Democrats in Fundraising Haul

By David Kamioner | January 31, 2020

The impeachment drama may be annoying in some ways and a national calamity in others. But it certainly hasn’t dulled the fundraising acumen of the president and the Republican National Committee.

They pulled off their best ever non-election year by smashing their former numbers for December.

The GOP raised $26.5 million in the last month of 2019. That’s a $6 million gain on their November number and their best December ever. The increase is likely caused by a backlash effect from the presidential impeachment.

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In 2019 the Republicans and Trump together raised $463 million, with an end of the year cash on hand balance of $194 million and $0 debt. The RNC raised $241 million of that amount.

The Democrats were $6.5 million in debt as of November of 2019.

Democrat contenders for the top also raised steep amounts, by Dem standards, in the last quarter of 2019. Biden raised $22.7 million. That puts him below Buttigieg at $24.7 million. Warren only raised $21.2 million. She was bested by the party cash leader, Bernie Sanders, at $34.5 million. For socialists, Sanders’ minions seem to have found at least enough money to pay for his Quixotic run for the White House.

These numbers may seen like a lot to you. But as a former political campaign director I can tell you a modern national campaign can go through $100 million before the voting even starts. No? Look at Michael Bloomberg’s media purchases just up to this point, before the first voting starts in Iowa.

He has already well surpassed that mark.

What’s it spent on? Mostly media, logistics, and personnel. Television ad buys don’t come cheap in media markets like New Jersey that boast really only two markets, New York City and Philadelphia. Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago political ad prices, even sometimes the cable buys?

Fougedaboudit.

It also takes a small army of drivers, advance staff, stage crews, digital nerds, oppo jocks, pollsters, media lounge lizards, graying honchos, and a host of others to run a modern presidential campaign. And they all want to be fed, housed when on the road, flown or bused about in a timely manner, and paid semi-well.

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In return they will usually work like dogs seven days a week without much sleep. They will run on caffeine and hate and their only solace is that somehow, some way, the coiffed idiot they have hitched their star to doesn’t politically auger into a mountain and they end up with a cushy staff job at some obscure DC federal agency.

These men and women are the true deciders of America’s political fate, because if they drop the ball their clients do too and history is changed.

Welcome to your republic.

This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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Iowa City Newspaper Endorses Klobuchar: Campaign Update

Iowa City Newspaper Endorses Klobuchar: Campaign Update(Bloomberg) -- The Iowa City Press-Citizen on Friday endorsed Amy Klobuchar for president, saying she “has the capacity to unify our country.”In an unsigned editorial, the 14,000-circulation newspaper in Iowa’s fifth-largest city cites the Minnesota senator’s track record in elections in her home state, saying she has the “ability to appeal across urban, rural and progressive, moderate divides.”While noting that some have criticized her as a “moderate incrementalist,” the paper praises her 100-day plan to use executive orders to move ahead on climate change, gun safety and family separation.Still, the editorial notes that she has “struggled to gain national traction in the way that other candidates have.”“Whatever the precincts report Monday night, Klobuchar will have to up her media game if she’s going to be successful moving forward,” it says.She was previously endorsed by the Quad-City Times in Iowa, the New Hampshire Union Leader and co-endorsed with Elizabeth Warren by the New York Times.Influential Iowans Switch to Warren (5:00 p.m.)Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday locked in a major endorsement from an influential couple in Iowa politics three days before the caucuses.Former Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky and her husband, former state Senator Bob Dvorsky, announced they were endorsing Warren for president in a statement to the Des Moines Register.“This woman has integrity. She has grit. And she has a plan,” Sue Dvorsky said in the statement. ”And she’s solutions-oriented.”The Dvorskys had previously endorsed Senator Kamala Harris, who dropped out of the race in December.They join a list of about 22 Iowans who had formally endorsed other presidential candidates but then backed Warren after their initial picks dropped out. -- Misyrlena EgkolfopoulouPoll Shows Biden Leads Field Nationally (4:21 p.m.)More than a quarter of Democratic voters are supporting Joe Biden, according to the latest national poll from Investor’s Business Daily.The former vice president had the backing of 26% of those polled, followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at 19% and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at 13%.Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at 8%, statistically tied with former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg who had 7%.The survey of 336 adults contacted via mobile phones and landlines was conducted from Jan. 23-30. The poll’s overall margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.Biden remains in first place nationally in the RealClearPolitics average, but Sanders is ahead in some recent Iowa polls and leads in most recent New Hampshire polls.Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.DNC Changes Debate Rules (2:41 p.m.)The DNC has changed its rules for participation in the Democratic primary debates, eliminating the individual donor requirement. This could allow Michael Bloomberg to participate in debates after the February 11 New Hampshire primary.Read the full story here.Ad Offers Iowans Respite from Barrage (2:18 p.m.)Turn on a TV in Iowa right now and you’ll be bombarded by ads making the closing arguments for the 2020 candidates.Bernie Sanders vows to protect Social Security and criticizes President Donald Trump. Elizabeth Warren touts her endorsement from the Des Moines Register. Joe Biden pledges to fight climate change and the National Rifle Association.One group took the crush of advertising as an opportunity to make a splash with its own messaging.Images of flowers and waterfalls are shown as soft music plays. A woman’s voice comes on.“This break in political advertising is brought to you by the Des Moines home and garden show,” she says.Delaney Ends Marathon Just Before Starting Line (12:40 p.m.)When John Delaney announced his presidential run, Reince Priebus was still White House chief of staff. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” was in movie theaters.Now, 917 days, two White House chiefs of staff and another “Spider-Man” movie later, Delaney has dropped out just before the first nominating contest, the Iowa caucuses, on Monday.Without a national profile, the former Maryland congressman was always a long shot for the Democratic nomination. He hoped that by setting up shop in Iowa early and lending his campaign more than $24 million of his own money, he could break through, but it wasn’t meant to be.Delaney had a standout moment at the second Democratic debate, criticizing “fairy tale economics” in an exchange with Elizabeth Warren. But he failed to make the stage at any other debates and remained mired at the bottom in the polls.His withdrawal leaves 11 candidates in the race.Biden Says Trump Impeachment Is ‘Not Partisan’ (8:53 a.m.)Joe Biden sought to make a distinction between comments he made assailing partisanship during the 1999 impeachment of former President Bill Clinton and his support for removing President Donald Trump, whose Senate trial nears its end Friday.“It’s not a partisan impeachment,” Biden said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday. “He violated the Constitution, period.”Biden said his comments in 1999 against party-line votes to remove a president were different because the Clinton case didn’t involve a constitutional violation.“A party-line vote on something that doesn’t relate to a constitutional violation is a different thing,” Biden said.Biden said a vote against impeaching Trump reflects poorly on “those who know, in fact, in their heart and head that, in fact, it’s a violation of the Constitution to do what he did.” -- Caitlin WebberSanders Rivals Biden for Top Spot Nationally (7:27 a.m.)A new poll shows Bernie Sanders continuing to challenge Biden for the lead spot among Democratic voters nationally as the party’s first nominating contest approaches in Iowa on Monday.Sanders is neck-and-neck with Biden among Democratic Party primary voters garnering 27% support, a virtual tie with Biden, who had 26%, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Friday.The survey had Elizabeth Warren fall to third with 15% support after being about even with Sanders for second place in the outlets’ previous two polls.Michael Bloomberg came in fourth in the poll, which also found that about 60% of Democrats said they’d seen a Bloomberg ad.The poll of 428 registered voters was conducted Jan. 26-29 and had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.74 percentage points, according to Dow Jones. -- Caitlin WebberCOMING UP:Some of the Democratic candidates will debate again in New Hampshire on Feb. 7.The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses will be held Feb. 3. 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Barbra Streisand Endorses Adam Schiff For President

By PopZette Staff | January 31, 2020

It’s always unfortunate when a celebrity who is well respected for their talents in the entertainment industry ruins their image by spouting off publicly about their ignorant political views. This is sadly exactly what the legendary singer and actress Barbra Streisand has done in recent years, as she now seems to prefer bashing President Donald Trump to performing.

Streisand once again showed the world that she’s nothing more than an ignorant member of Hollywood’s liberal elite on Friday, when she took to Twitter to say that she believes the anti-Trump crusader Adam Schiff (D-CA) would make a “great president.”

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“Adam Schiff is so impressive. His knowledge of the law… his passion… his articulateness. His sincerity!” Streisand tweeted.  “He speaks the truth and would make a great president.”

It should be noted that Schiff is one of the main people responsible for wasting the time and money of American taxpayers with this impeachment farce. Schiff knew full well that Trump would never actually be impeached by the Republican-controlled Senate, yet he decided push forward with the impeachment trial anyway just because of his own personal hatred for the president.

Unlike Streisand, most Americans see right through Schiff, as recent YouGov data shows that just 27 percent of Americans have a positive view of him. Since Trump’s approval rating is currently at 39 percent, it appears that Schiff’s chances of beating him in a presidential election would be slim, even with Streisand’s endorsement.

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This serves as a reminder of just how out of touch Streisand and her fellow members of the Hollywood elite are with the struggles of the working class Americans that Trump has been helping. As someone who has been overpaid by the entertainment world for decades, Streisand never has to worry about being impacted negatively by the economic policies of a president. That’s why she is so quick to hop on the radically leftist bandwagon: she doesn’t have a horse in this race!

The more ignorant Hollywood celebrities like Streisand try and take Trump down, the more the rest of us are reminded why we need him in office more than ever.

This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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