Hot Air has learned that the Cain campaign will launch a moneybomb starting at midnight tonight. According to a source close to the Herman Cain campaign, this has been in the works a while, planned for early in November to take advantage of their polling boost from late September and October. The sudden support they got as conservatives rallied around Cain in the first couple of days after the Politico story may have almost made it unnecessary, but given the events of the last 24 hours or so, the timing’s probably as good as possible to start a seven-day fund drive specific to growing their organization in Iowa. The target? $999,000, of course:
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The clock on the moneybomb starts at midnight … but I suspect they won’t mind a few early donations. I asked the source what they want to accomplish, and got this reply:
The campaign believes it will exceed $999,999 and take advantage of the emboldened supporters, although this moneybomb was in the works pre-POLITICO non-allegation allegations. And it shows a real focus on an actual campaign task: winning electorally and not just with the headlines, finally.
The thermometer on the site will provide a good indication over the next few days if conservatives will continue to rally to Cain’s side. Clearly, though, Team Cain isn’t going to hunker down now.
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