This isnt the kind of media that conservatives need. From right-leaning National Review -- compliments to them, by the way, for holding conservatives accountable. This is somewhat concerning, but not surprising. At best, it seems some groups arent spending their money well. At worst, its pay-to-play schemes with various consultants and costly vendors. Aside from a $376,000 media buy, a lot of of what Tea Party Patriots spent on, according to documents filed with the FEC, was on list rental and acquisition, script writing, copy writing, and e-marketing — that is, things that don’t appear to be particularly helpful in getting a candidate elected. When the race was thrown into a runoff on June 3, Tea Party Patriots solicited donations from its supporters. A money bomb blasted to activists said, “We must raise $1 million by June 24th to fund the massive get-out-the-vote operation that will win this critical runoff election and shock the Washington establishment.” According to their website, the group succeeded. During the runoff, though, it spent just $157,000, none of which was used to advertise on McDaniel’s behalf. I’ve asked them for comment about this and will post an update when I get one. nationalreview/corner/381502/did-tea-party-support-chris-mcdaniel-eliana-johnson
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:31:18 +0000
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