U.S. News & World Report, DC
08-10-007
Campaign News
Romney Dropping Big Bucks On Event Romney is working hard to make sure he
is not upset at the event. The Washington Post reports on its front page that he
"has assembled an unrivaled operation for the event: a statewide corps of 60
'super-volunteers,' who have been paid between $500 and $1,000 per month to
talk him up; a fleet of buses; more than $2 million in television ads in Iowa; a
sleek direct-mail campaign; and a consultant who has been paid nearly $200,000
to direct Romney's straw poll production, which will include barbeque billed as
the best in the state." And "facing off against this are a half-dozen candidates
whose total Iowa expenditures through the end of June do not match the $1
million Romney had spent by that point, not including his many TV ads." The Wall
Street Journal adds that Romney's campaign has "plunked down $25,000 for a
prime spot to pitch his tent at the polling center on the campus of Iowa State
University, about $10,000 more than other campaigns paid."