Donations to the RNC are down by 40%. All 65 of its telephone solicitors have been fired. According to the Washington Times:
There has been a sharp decline in contributions from RNC phone solicitations, another fired staffer said, reporting that many former donors flatly refuse to give more money to the national party if Mr. Bush and the Senate Republicans insist on supporting what these angry contributors call “amnesty” for illegal aliens.
“Everyone donor in 50 states we reached has been angry, especially in the last month and a half, and for 99 percent of them immigration is the No. 1 issue,” said the former employee. (SIC)
HT: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air
Meanwhile, Peggy Noonan’s column today: President Bush has torn the conservative coalition asunder.
Great post.
We’re living through a historic re-alignment.
The Noonan article is of major significance. It puts nineteen years of national political history into perspective. Every conservative should read it.
[...] 7th, 2007 by Michelle As reported before, the Republican National Committee is having serious fundraising trouble. Not so for some state GOP’s who are strongly opposing the senate amnesty bill. The [...]