Friday, February 24, 2012

The Influence Industry: Romney’s record with small donors shows enthusiasm gap

For one piece of evidence of an enthusiasm gap between Mitt Romney and his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination, look no further than his campaign’s financial report.

At first glance, the numbers may seem like good news for Romney, given that he is by far the strongest fundraiser in the field. Through the end of January, he had raised $63.2 million for his campaign, more than twice as much as the next most successful Republican candidate, Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.), who had raised $30 million. Newt Gingrich had brought in $18.2 million, and the figure for Rick Santorum was $6.7 million.

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