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Considering all of the controversy surrounding the party switch of Alabama’s 5th Congressional District Rep. Parker Griffith, he isn’t hurting for money. He reported receiving $965,206 in 2009 and had cash on hand of $714,835. Now let’s go inside those numbers…
- $399,737 was from individuals, $562,014 was from Political Action Committees (PACs)
- One thing I see as notable in Griffith’s report, is people who have maxed themselves out for both the primary and general election…effectively “frontloading” his receipts. I counted at least 10 donors who did this in this cycle. Including candidate for state senate Tom Whatley (here and here).
Notable individual donors also included:
- $2000 from political consultant Joey Ceci
- $2000 from HealthSouth CEO Jay Grinney
- $2000 from the Chairman of the UAH Board of Trustees Sid McDonald
- $1000 from political consultant Joseph Perkins of Matrix LLC
- $500 from Space and Rocket Center Executive Director Larry Capps
- $250 from State School Board Member Mary Jane Caylor
Notable PAC donors included:
- $10,000 (here and here) from Alabama Power Company Employees PAC
- $7500 (here, here and here)from the International Association of Firefighters PAC
- A number of donations for Democratic Representatives, some of which were returned by the end of the year, the rest, I’m sure, will be shown as returned on the next report
Since the party switch happened so close to the filing deadline, we have no way of knowing how many of these donations will likely be refunded, but the report is notable nonetheless for the size and number of contributions he had received prior to the switch and I’m certain all of us will be looking closely at his next filing to see where he stands post-switch.
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RT @TWAY_Kris: NEW TWAY Blog Post: Inside @RepGriffith ’s almost $1 million in Receipts for 4th Quarter of 2009 http://j.mp/9AAkdM #alpo …GD Star Rating
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To clarify, Griffith raised almost $1 million in 2009, not in a single quarter. In fact, for the 4th quarter he had contributions of $172K and had to refund almost $20K. He also had expenditures of about $56K so his cash on hand only increased by a little more than $96K over what he reported in October. This was Griffith’s worst fundraising quarter of 2007 by about 60K — down roughly 25% from his previous worst (1Q) receipts of $236K. And that’s just looking at contributions, before he started refunding.
I wonder if Griffith’s lackluster 4Q fundraising figured in his decision to switch. He’d posted a couple of very good quarters earlier, but this was definitely not going to be one of them.
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The World Around You: Inside Rep. Parker Griffith’s almost $1 million in Receipts for 4th Quarter of 2009: Number … http://bit.ly/bsGGXDGD Star Rating
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Thank you for pointing that out, I have edited the headline and first paragraph to correct the inaccuracy. The lackluster final quarter certainly had to play some factor in the decision…money always does.
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Reviewing @repgriffith campaign contributions at 'The World Around You' http://bit.ly/9sjvVQGD Star Rating
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Parker Griffith lost all of his committee assignments. He can bring NOTHING to the district. The Democrats have made him their number one target. They have to keep their soldiers in line. When one defects they have to punish him so that others won’t follow suit. Parker Griffith’s effectiveness in Washington has been dismal.
He has been caught lying on several occasions.
1) “Griffith said Wednesday that his office hadn’t sponsored a poll to gauge his electability as a Democrat, nor did he commission anyone else. That contradicts a report in Congressional Quarterly that said Griffith’s office confirmed Wednesday that he did commission a poll, though “he declined to release the specific polling questions or the results of the survey.” Huntsville Times, December 24, 2009.
2) GRIFFITH MISREPRESENTED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT FACTS TO THE MEDIA
“After a news conference where he announced his party switch, Griffith said it wasn’t a given that he’ll lose his committee assignments. He said to take that away from him could make Democrats look “small and punitive,” and he doesn’t believe the party will want to appear petty.” Huntsville Times, December 23, 2009.
Griffith loses his committee seats on Science and Technology, Small Business & Transportation and Infrastructure. Huntsville Times, December 23, 2009.
“Griffith’s staff at the start of January had told The Times he anticipated new assignments by Jan. 12. Ten days ago, Griffith told The Times that North Alabama would be pleased when he finally does receive those seats.” Huntsville Times, January 31, 2010.
“In a letter dated Dec. 20 to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, or two days before his announcement, Griffith officially resigned his (committee) seats by rule.” Huntsville Times, January 31, 2010.
Griffith still has no committee assignments. February 2, 2010.
3) GRIFFITH BREAKS PROMISES TO REFUND CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEMOCRATS.
Story #1; Day 1: GRIFFITH PROMISED TO RETURN ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL WHO REQUEST THEM. “The congressman, who held a news conference in his Twickenham home, said he’ll give back any of those contributions if people ask him to. He said they’d have to fill out a request form, and he’d return it. Griffith has more than $600,000 left in his war chest.” Huntsville Times, December 23, 2009.
Story #2; Day 2: GRIFFITH EXCLUDES DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FROM HIS REFUND OFFER. The next day, on December 23, 2009, Griffith “excluded money spent on his behalf by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.” Huntsville Times, January 14, 2010.
Story#3; Day 22. GRIFFITH DENIES REFUNDS TO ALL 2008 CONTRIBUTORS. ”U.S. Rep Parker Griffith neglected to mention the fine print attached to his seemingly broad offer to refund campaign contributions. Griffith . . . initially said he’s return the campaign cash of disappointed supporters. On Tuesday, Griffith referred questions about his return policy to a staff member. She then referred questions back to Griffith. On Wednesday, Griffith told the Times: ‘There is no cutoff date.’ But this week many supporters who asked for their money back were surprised to be turned away with a form e-mail, which says that the money given in 2008 (will not be refunded).” Huntsville Times, January 14, 2010.
REMEMBER HE SAYS THAT HIS VIEWS ARE STILL THE SAME :
Parker Griffith states, “I have not changed a bit” since his 2008 campaign and election. (Huntsville Times; January 14, 2010).
1) Griffith pledged in writing to support raising income and inheritance taxes by repealing the Bush tax cuts. Huntsville Times; January 12, 2010
2) Griffith pledged in writing to deny employees the right to a secret ballot in votes on whether to unionize (i.e. – pledged support for “Card Check”). Huntsville Times; January 12, 2010.
3) Griffith pledged in writing to impose a deadline date for leaving Iraq, regardless of whether the job was done or victory was obtained. Huntsville Times; January 12, 2010.
4) Griffith actively campaigned for government run health care (then known as “Universal Health Care”) in his 2006 campaign for Alabama Senate and 2008 campaign for Congress. Huntsville Times, May 31, 2006 & August 25, 2009; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee News Release, January 21, 2010.
After pushing Universal Health Care, he claims to be leaving the Democratic side because of the Health Care Bill on the table right now. What??? Not everyone will be covered by the current bill, therefore, his old position was actually more liberal than the one the Democrats are pushing today. Griffith claimed to have switched because the Democratic Party moved away from him. The facts presented clearly show that Parker Griffith’s switch was done for political, not ideological reasons. When it comes down to it, the guy just can not be trusted.
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James Madison’s Virginia Plan called for a bicameral Congress: the lower house would be “of the people,” elected directly by the people of the United States and representing public opinion
I think we need to send this to him! I pulled the donkey’s tail if I had wanted a Republican representing my public opinion that would have been my vote. He represented the Democratic party and lied to me and stole my vote.
What other lies and what other people has he cheated in his personal and business life
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