Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) was able to raise a half-million dollars in his “money-bomb” fundraiser — a single day of massive online donations — a solid amount that ought to go a long way towards him fighting out his 2010 campaign, in which the Republicans have had trouble recruiting a big-name candidate to oppose the fiery left-winger.
According to Grayson’s official page for the fundraiser, he has taken in $507,125.
Let’s compare that to another recent money-bomb, by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who urged her supporters to “send the left a message.” In her case, Bachmann only took in about $100,000.
Grayson had a definite public-relations strategy for his money drive, having spent about two weeks promoting the scheduled fundraiser in his TV appearances and other venues, and he built up pledges that could be quickly collected in the morning. Bachmann did not have any similar pledge operation, and as a result Grayson outdid her by a five-to-one ratio.
