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"Elizabeth Warren raises $8.67m in quarter; Observers in awe of second-quarter haul" by Michael Levenson | Globe Staff, July 10, 2012
Elizabeth Warren, demonstrating a sustained ability to raise massive sums of money in her race against Senator Scott Brown, said Monday that she had pulled in $8.67 million between April and June, a major haul that could cement her position as the top fund-raiser among the nation’s congressional candidates.
The millions Warren has raised month after month underscore how the US Senate race in Massachusetts has become a national battleground in the fight for control of the Senate and reflects the enthusiasm she has generated among wealthy donors and grass-roots activists, inside and outside Massachusetts.
Warren’s fund-raising also suggests that questions about her Native American heritage have not hurt her standing with donors. Indeed, the controversy may have helped her to raise money, by energizing her liberal base....
See: Liz Warren Lied
Veteran political operatives said they were stunned by Warren’s fund-raising prowess. She has outraised Brown in each of the three previous quarters, hauling in $15.8 million to his $8.2 million. Her biggest month to date was June, when she took in $3.1 million and received the overwhelming support of the delegates to the state’s Democratic convention.
“I say to myself, ‘Wow, those are huge numbers,’ ” said Peter J. Berlandi, who was the chief fund-raiser for Governor William F. Weld, a Republican, and for Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti, a Democrat....
Polls show the race remains close. The attention it has generated has helped Warren tap liberal donors, through frequent appearances on MSNBC and a travel schedule that has taken her to California, New York, and other wellsprings of Democratic cash.
See: Elizabeth Warren taps deep pockets near and far
Democrats have seized on the contest as a rare chance to snatch a seat from the GOP and to propel an unflinching critic of Wall Street into the Senate.
That's why I think we will be told she lost a close one.
Since she formed an exploratory committee to begin raising cash in August, Warren has hauled in $24.5 million, putting the Massachusetts Senate race on track to be one of the most expensive congressional contests in history. Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $70 million in their New York Senate race in 2000.
In 2010, Sharron Angle, the Tea Party candidate who ran unsuccessfully against Senator Harry Reid in Nevada, raised more than $13 million in one quarter, but unlike Warren’s fund-raising, hers was a onetime burst.
Related: Did Harry Reid Steal Nevada Senate Seat?
It did allow Democrats to keep control.
The Warren campaign said 81 percent of its donations in the most recent quarter were for $50 or less, and 40,500 donations came from Massachusetts residents.
The campaign did not reveal how many donations came from out-of-state contributors, who have given more than half of Warren’s itemized donations, sparking criticism from Republicans....
Brown, who raised more than 70 percent of his itemized contributions from out of state in the final days of the 2010 Senate race, argued that Warren’s fund-raising haul shows she is beholden to forces outside Massachusetts. “Professor Warren’s campaign is largely dependent on out-of-state, extreme special interests, and fellow Occupy protesters who share her radical tax, borrow and spend agenda,” Alleigh Marré, a Brown campaign spokeswoman, said in a statement....
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Related: Brown raises his most in a quarter
Brown raises more large gifts from Mass. than Warren
Meaning Warren should have way more votes.
What about the issues?
"Brown, Warren offer different ideas on deficit" by Noah Bierman | Globe Staff, July 11, 2012
An analysis prepared for the Globe by a nonpartisan group showed that responses offered by Democrat Elizabeth Warren, and positions taken on her website, would trim 67 percent more from the debt over 10 years than those offered by Senator Scott Brown....
Warren would mean an accelerated exit from Afghanistan....
Warren said that “Our first response should be to change the policies that got us here in the first place: end the Bush tax cuts on people earning more than $250,000; end the war in Afghanistan; and take steps to make sure Wall Street can never again bring our economy to its knees.”
Sounds good to me.
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Related: Warren's Whoppers
Well, she is a politician now.
"Gun control also has been mostly absent from the high-profile race in Massachusetts between Senator Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren. Warren declared herself in favor of gun control last August, before formally announcing her candidacy, but has not delved into specifics on an issue that has not surfaced during the campaign."
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Has been so far.
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Brown’s staff walks back his claims -- again
Warren being considered as DNC keynote speaker
