Speaking to activists in Yuba City, Chuck DeVore pointed to an unlikely model by which to emulate for his U.S. Senate campaign.
Acknowledging Fiorina, as a former chief executive officer for Hewlett-Packard, has personal wealth far beyond what he might be able to raise, DeVore said he turned to an unlikely source for inspiration on running a populist, grassroots campaign.
“Barack Obama used Al Gore’s invention. He used the Internet,” DeVore said to snickers. “He used the tools Al gave us to stitch together like-minded volunteers from across the country into giving him support with their hope for change.”
A similar approach with social networking and thousands of small donors, DeVore said before taking questions from dinner attendees, will help him tap into bubbling voter resentment and likely gains for the GOP in next year’s elections.
Chuck DeVore is the new Barack Obama. Right. Someone needs to lay off their own kool-aid.
Let’s be clear about something here. DeVore launched his candidacy over a year ago (November 12) and claimed even then that he was trying to emulate the newly-elected President’s fundraising operation. California is an expensive state that would require millions in funds to compete.
DeVore’s campaign announced last week that his campaign crossed the $1 million raised threshold. That’s $1 million raised in roughly 54 weeks. Or less than $250,000 a quarter. Congressional candidates do better than that. Jerry McNerney raised $247,000 in Q3 of this year ($800,000 YTD at that time) and he’s a second-term congressman running for re-election.
In a few years he can run a full 30 second ad across the state for a week. Can you feel the DeVorementum?