"Short of money, GOP is enlisting rich candidates" from the NY Times reports that, due to large gaps in donations to the Republican Party, officials are wooing wealthy candidates who can underwrite their own campaigns with their own money - and no doubt would have access to bundlers and their posses who could spill over to other campaigns - i.e. the 2008 presidential bids.
At this point, strategists for the National Republican Congressional Committee have enlisted wealthy candidates to run in at least a dozen competitive Congressional districts nationwide, particularly those where Democrats are finishing their first term and are thus considered most vulnerable. They say more are on the way.
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