Millionaire Mitt Tries To Buy The Quarter

He once said that donating to his own campaign would be "akin to a nightmare," but now Mitt Romney is writing himself big checks in order to stay competitive.

Mitt Romney is relying increasingly on his own bank account to fund his presidential campaign, announcing yesterday that he chipped in almost as much money during the summer as his supporters did.

The former governor wrote himself an $8.5 million check in the third quarter and raised an additional $10 million from contributors, his campaign said. That brings to $17.4 million the amount Romney has loaned his campaign since launching his White House bid in January - 28 percent of the $62.4 million he has banked.

"I am going to contribute to my campaign, but my campaign is not entirely being financed by my own resources," he said during a campaign stop yesterday in Derry, N.H., adding that he could not expect others to give if he did not give himself. "The campaign is being financed primarily through the donations of others."

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geesh, when I remember back to how they use to persecute Ned Lamont for "Buying the Election" because he put in money from his own wealth!!!

The former governor wrote himself an $8.5 million check in the third quarter and raised an additional $10 million from contributors, his campaign said. That brings to $17.4 million the amount Romney has loaned his campaign since launching his White House bid in January - 28 percent of the $62.4 million he has banked.

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PamB on October 5, 2007 at 03:29 PM

Always try to make a friend but when you can't Buy One?

Let us hope he has a limit to what he will spend of his own money to try to buy friends?

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freeforall on October 5, 2007 at 03:41 PM

By the way, I heard, I think it was on National Public Radio That The Christian Right is leaving the Republican Party because the GOP was in power for six years in every Branch of Government and yet they didn't change the laws that the Christian right care about! I guess some Republicans are just saying they are for certain issues to bribe the Christian right to vote Republican? Do you think?

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freeforall on October 9, 2007 at 12:24 PM

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