Weaver raises bar on McCain fundraising, telling media that 2nd qtr take will be over $12.5 million raised in 1st qtr
The Tower was intrigued by Marc Ambinder’s report in The Atlantic (hat tip to Jonathan Martin at The Politico for finding it) that McCain’s top strategist, John Weaver, has publicly asserted that McCain will top the allegedly paltry $12.5 million he raised in the first quarter of 2007. The deadline is June 30. Here’s the text of Ambinder’s report:
Sen. John McCain will raise more than $12.5M this fundraising quarter, surpassing last quarter’s total and meeting the campaign’s internal targets.
“We’ll do better than we did last quarter,” said John Weaver, McCain’s chief stategist.
Weaver declined to say how much he thought McCain would ultimately raise. He dismissed as simply false a report that McCain was on track to raise less than $10M. Both Weaver and campaign manager Terry Nelson have said that reports that McCain would need to raise $20M to be viable did not reflect the thinking of the campaign or the candidate.
Advisers to the other Republican candidates refused to provide estimates for their fundraising, but it is generally expected that both Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani will come close to meeting — or exceed — their first quarter totals.
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