YEAH, THAT’S NOT GONNA CUT IT …
S.C. Sen. Lee Bright has only $49,000 cash on hand in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.)
Not only that, Bright spent more than he raised in the most recent fundraising quarter – a terrible sign as well as cause for minor controversy seeing as he recently listed his campaign consultant as one of his business partners.
Which raises all sorts of ethical questions …
Anyway, Bright took in only $52,237 during the quarter running from October to December of last year – but spent $76,678.
So yeah … it sounds like he’s running his campaign about as well as he ran his businesses. Which is to say into the ground …
By contrast, Graham raised a whopping $1.3 million – and has $7.6 million in the bank. Scary, scary numbers.
Bright’s paltry fundraising total not only pales in comparison to Graham’s – it pales in comparison to the numbers put up by the other GOP candidates in this race.
Lowcountry businesswoman Nancy Mace raised $256,333 during the fourth quarter and had $241,200 to spend on the race as of December 31. Upstate businessman (and former congressional candidate) Richard Cash raised $76,156 and has $255,432 on hand. Orangeburg, S.C. attorney and Afghan War veteran Bill Connor reported raising $253,796 with $223,563 on hand, although he donated $210,000 of that total to himself.
Cash has also donated more than $200,000 to his own campaign, although he made this contribution during a prior quarter.
It’s safe to say that of the four challengers, Bright’s campaign against Graham has generated the most buzz within the Palmetto State’s Tea Party community – although that movement is clearly a shadow of its former self. And it clearly isn’t coming off the dime to help him financially.
So where does that leave Bright?
A whole lotta nowhere …
We love Bright’s voting record in the South Carolina Senate – and have said so repeatedly. But given his inability to advocate on the bread and butter fiscal issues this race will (or at least should) revolve around, he’s simply not a credible candidate for the U.S. Senate.
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He’s just not good at making money.
And must be very good at spending it.
I thought you wanted him to *be* a Republican.
Spent more than he raised. And why were people in board with him again?
Sounds like he runs his campaign like he ran his business…. into the ground. Is he blaming governmental regulations for this failure too?
I’ll do it for him. Campaign contribution limits abridge the freedom of speech of campaign donors. If those laws weren’t in place, he could have raised more money.
Ronald Reagan said it best : “Government can’t fix your problem, government IS the problem.” Regulation has stopped more accomplishment than any other force .
Could we have some specific examples?
Dumb-ass goober.
No, Buzz, he’s not a dumb-ass goober. He’s simply extremely skillful at hiding his cognitive capacity from absolutely everyone except himself.
Who is Lee Bright?
A fucking joke Of a candidate and elected official
Waitaminit FITS…you are a fan of someone who is the living embodiment of deficit spending? Because he votes nice?
I’d prefer someone who won’t become insolvent in the next 12 months helping to manage my tax dollars, thank you.
I can only think of one thing to say at a time like this: RESTORE HONOR VOTE CONNOR.
If by honor, you mean philandering, then by all means. Ranja Bill is a fraud.
It’s all relative. The State newspaper was bragging yesterday, in their ‘Buzzed’ Section, that Mace is a small-timer, too, w/ no chance because Lindsey has so much money…
So if money is a factor, are you also burying fellow Liberal-Tarian Nancy Mace????
The best hope of unseating Graham in the primary is to have everyone but Mace drop out. I doubt even then Graham would lose his primary, though.
It’s worth a shot. She’s the only one, I’m afraid, who can pull this off at this point. The others just seem stagnant. at least she has some momentum behind her.
As a small businessman I can say many business quarters more funds go out than come in because expenses/receiveables change. The question is whether you spend more than you have. The article does not specify his total funds that were available but it does say he had money left.