Newt Gingrich’s campaign may be low on cash, high on debt, and running out of voters, but he does have a new angle for raising money: Charging $50 to supporters who want to have their picture taken with the candidate.
“Some campaigns make you travel all the way to Wall Street to pay $2,500 for a photo with a candidate,” a Gingrich spokesman told National Journal in an e-mail, following an event in Delaware. “We are trying out a new tactic and asking our supporters at our rallies for a nominal donation. And guess what, it is working.”
Supporters who pose for a photo with the candidate are now being told that they can find the pictures on the campaign site –Â after providing their credit card information in order to donate money.
Of course, this system might imply that other candidates are able to charge $2,500 at big Wall Street fundraising events, because their wealthy supporters view the whole process as being worth it. By comparison, Newt’s $50 charge would seem to illustrate a very different market value.
