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Finally, as if its fundraising edge were not substantial enough, the GOP can target all its resources for the November run-off, while Democratic hopefuls throw their funds into their nomination bids...
...only technology, but also politics, have paved the way for the successful GOP shakedown The invasion of Grenada and downing of the Korean Airlines jet by the Soviet Union created a surge in Reagan's popularity that found its financial expression in campaign contributions, RNC financial director Philip Smith says...
...tried to keep pace with the smoothly-oiled Republican machine, but with considerably less success. The committee has thus far raised far less than the GOP's $35 million, and several campaign officials blaim the lag on peer management in the DNC camp. These critics point to the $2.8 million loss on a highly publicized telethon last September, which DNC Chairman Charles T. Manatt and either committee members estimated would set a record $10 to $20 million. And a December fundraising tour raised barely half of its projected $2.5 million gain...
...million they are legally allowed to spend on the campaign by April. Furthermore, they will have the luxury of not having to spend all this loot acquired mostly through a state of the art direct mail fundraising campaign on a series of primaries and caucuses. Instead, the GOP will be able to use most of it to bash the Democratic nominee over the head come fall...
Throwing a monkey wrench into all the GOP calculations is the extensive voter registration efforts going on around the country on behalf the Democratic. "We're the minority party in the country," says Reagan campaign side Buckley. "If the Democrats register one voter for every Republican they'll have a chance in November...