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Torie
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« on: October 31, 2016, 06:34:15 PM »
« edited: October 31, 2016, 06:36:06 PM by Torie »

to the tune of 25 million to a Trump pac, and that is a "floor." I guess he thinks Trump is back in the hunt.
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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2016, 06:35:18 PM »

That kind of money could be a game changer in battleground states.
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2016, 06:42:25 PM »

problem is that any super-pac buying ads at this late stage is going to pay top dollar. The campaigns get the discount rate. This is why the CLinton Super PAC booked huge amounts months ago to lock in lower rates.  Any last minute Super PAC spend will probably cost many times as much as the same $ spent by Team Clinton. 

It will help for sure, but not nearly as much as $25m from Trump himself into his campaign. Again as recently as last week he was promising to drop another $45m into his campaign for the last few weeks but so far only committed to another $10m of that.
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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2016, 06:43:15 PM »

Too late to matter.
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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2016, 06:47:12 PM »

Yep- Adelson is proof that wealth has nothing to do with intelligence.  He is basically setting fire to his money at this point.
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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2016, 06:57:04 PM »

Yep- Adelson is proof that wealth has nothing to do with intelligence.  He is basically setting fire to his money at this point.

Or... he based his decision on a "magical" internals Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2016, 07:00:12 PM »

Yep- Adelson is proof that wealth has nothing to do with intelligence.  He is basically setting fire to his money at this point.

Or... he based his decision on a "magical" internals Tongue

This is the same shady casino mogul who basically financed the RNC - which was a total disaster and saw Trump's support drop in the polls.  Sheldon Adelson knows nothing about electoral politics.  He thinks that if he can throw enough money at it, Americans will be stupid enough to elect his preferred candidate.  His history of political failure indicates otherwise.
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« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2016, 07:08:00 PM »

don't know......like jon podhoretz pointed out...what do you do with that money one week before the election...buy non-existing ad space?
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« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2016, 07:10:01 PM »

Yep- Adelson is proof that wealth has nothing to do with intelligence.  He is basically setting fire to his money at this point.

Or... he based his decision on a "magical" internals Tongue

This is the same shady casino mogul who basically financed the RNC - which was a total disaster and saw Trump's support drop in the polls.  Sheldon Adelson knows nothing about electoral politics.  He thinks that if he can throw enough money at it, Americans will be stupid enough to elect his preferred candidate.  His history of political failure indicates otherwise.

Someone from Atlas should get in with Adelson and persuade him to drop 10s of millions on safe-D House and Senate races.
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« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2016, 07:46:46 PM »

how on earth are going to spend that kind of money with 7 DAYS left?

PAC rates are going to be HUMONGOUS at this point in the race if they're buying ads just now.
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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2016, 07:49:12 PM »

I'll believe the money when I see the FEC filings
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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2016, 08:06:04 AM »

Or... he based his decision on a "magical" internals Tongue

Seems like I was right...↓↓↓↓


Here's a somewhat cryptic tweet from PPP:

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« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2016, 08:12:44 AM »

Or... he based his decision on a "magical" internals Tongue

Seems like I was right...↓↓↓↓


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Makes sense.
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« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2016, 08:16:00 AM »

Torie, who are you voting for?
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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2016, 08:54:32 AM »


Trump, of course. Smiley

Pubs are coming home, bigly. Smiley
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« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2016, 08:55:49 AM »


Trump, of course. Smiley

Pubs are coming home, bigly. Smiley


Haha, are you serious?
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« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2016, 08:58:10 AM »

Are all rich people idiots?

There is NO path.
North Carolina is dead. The vote is in.
Colorado is dead, people have mailed in.

It's over.
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« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2016, 08:59:11 AM »

Are all rich people idiots?

There is NO path.
North Carolina is dead. The vote is in.
Colorado is dead, people have mailed in.

It's over.

There is still Pennsylvania and Michigan. Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2016, 09:14:44 AM »

It's pretty dangerous to declare the race over at this stage, especially considering Hillary's collapse this close to election day.
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« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2016, 09:15:56 AM »

Are all rich people idiots?

There is NO path.
North Carolina is dead. The vote is in.
Colorado is dead, people have mailed in.

It's over.

There is still Pennsylvania and Michigan. Smiley


Are you posting from an asylum? These states have double digit margins!
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« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2016, 09:17:25 AM »

Are all rich people idiots?

There is NO path.
North Carolina is dead. The vote is in.
Colorado is dead, people have mailed in.

It's over.

There is still Pennsylvania and Michigan. Smiley


Are you posting from an asylum? These states have double digit margins!

They don't have any margins yet. Smiley

The votes will be cast on election day and a week is a lifetime in politics. Smiley
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« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2016, 08:48:27 AM »


I voted for Clinton of course.
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