The following table shows the finer details. I give pre-convention spending, post-convention spending, the full-year total for 2000, and the total for all four years of the campaign. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand. I’ve dropped some of the least-paid employees from the list. In some cases, payments to people were either payroll or salary. In other cases, the…
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Chapter Twenty One Finale December 2000 In December, the Browne campaign received $43,369, and spent $63,521, leaving it with $309 in the bank. In addition to individual donations, the campaign received $6,890 from Seabreeze Travel. The filings disclose payments to Staff members, their firms, and other familiar destinations. Last but not least, Art Olivier received $466.40 for his expenses. Art…
Excuse #2 “The election was close. Our 1996 voters instead voted for the Democrat or Republican.” The election was close in a few states. In many other states the election was anything but close. Gore carried Massachusetts by 24 points; Bush carried Utah and other states by 40 points. Most people in most states have a reasonable sense of who…
Chapter Twenty Election Day. Browne Loses. Now the show reaches the end of the road. On November 7, 2000, the American people, or at least some of them, cast their votes. In a few states, the vote total was close. The final popular vote outcome was: Al Gore 51,003,238 George Bush 50,459,624 Ralph Nader 2,882,985 Pat Buchanan 449,120 Harry Browne…
A New Campaign Strategy Throughout October and on to Election Day Browne’s campaign also continued to raise money for its own coffers. After October 18, the Browne campaign launched a new campaign strategy, a strategy not announced to its donors and volunteers. To understand Browne’s new strategy, start with how FEC regulations affect Federal Campaigns. Federal Election Laws create an…
Browne justified his lawsuit by complaining about FEC regulations. As a free speech issue, Browne had a point. Browne’s political complaints were of less merit. Browne said that if he listed major donors on his FEC report, the donors were potentially subject to harassment by duopoly party supporters. This issue has already been litigated, successfully, by one of the Socialist…
Chapter Nineteen The Political Scam of the Century In late October, the Browne Committee treated the Libertarian party to the political scam of the century. There do not appear to have been criminal acts committed. Everything it did appears to have been perfectly legal, protected by First Amendment guarantees on political free speech. Recall how we got here. At the…
What were the financial details? The Campaign began September with $50,078 cash on hand, took in almost $161,000, and spent nearly $189,000. Actual disbursements for thirteen campaign associates, some new, included: Ray Acosta $2,500 Jim Babka $4,799 Sue Babka $ 85 Robert Brunner $2,500 Laura Carno $5,000 Robert DeVoil $4,566 Robert Flohr $1,562 Ryan Goldfinger $941 Debra Greeson $2,150 Anthony…
As always, taken from my book Funding Liberty available at 3mpub.com. Chapter Eighteen Going Through the Motions The September-October Campaign Throughout September, polling data continued to be less than encouraging. The September 5 Portrait of America poll found Browne down to 1.0%. A Zogby poll taken two days later put Browne at 0.3%. There was absolutely no indication that Browne…
Listening to Arizona I called people in the Phoenix group. They’re the ones with ballot access. I am reporting what is perceived and stated, as I understood it from members of the Phoenix group. Remember “X is not true” is independent of “group A believes that X is not true”. Does the ALP want its affiliation back? So far as…