14 Şubat 2008 Perşembe

Hillary has already sold her donor lists for cash

There are a LOT of reasons why I have chosen not to give any money to the Hillary Clinton Campaign. (Primary being, I do NOT want her to be president.) But even if I did not have those reasons this story would keep me from giving her any money.
Reports from Clinton's campaign show that on Dec. 3, it collected payment for renting out three mailing lists, the sale of which netted them $8,225.

It was an unusual transaction, according to Roger Craver, a liberal guru of the political direct-mail industry.

"As a general rule, a campaign will not let its donor list out into the markets until the campaign is over," he said. "This is the mother's milk of small-gift fundraising, and they use these lists frequently."

There are no records that any other presidential candidates rented out mailing lists last year.
I know that it is not unusual for campaigns to give their lists to the national party, and I guess it makes sense for future fundraising. But in general this really seems like a bad idea, and an easy way to make donations dry up quickly. I can't help wondering if these revelations might wind up being the last nail in the coffin for Hillary's presidential hopes.

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  1. Something is more wrong here than just selling the list. I believe that we are missing a huge part of the story. I have purchased this type of list before in my business and let me tell you, for a high powered and accurate list like that $8,000 is ridiculous! A price tag like 80,000 would be more appropriate. We know that the Hill campaign needs the money so why did they basically give this list away? Another HUGE missed part of this story is the fact that the list was payed for 11 months after delivery. 11 MONTHS! Something is up and it is a reminder that under ever rock is a Clinton scandal or shady deal. For the rest of the story go to.
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18958566

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  2. is it me or does $8200 seem like a remarkably small amount of money to make for that kind of list? I'd have thought it would have gone for at least 50k.

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