Mitt Romney is running way behind in the Republican ’08 polls but, in the first quarter of the year, has raised $23 million, far more than those who have a better chance of getting the nomination.
“People are having a positive reaction to him and are willing to open a vein for him,” says a professor at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Right, and the Tooth Fairy loves him, too.
In politics, Big Money is about access and influence. What the $23 million is saying is that, although Giuliani and McCain have a better chance of winning, Romney is a safer investment. Who knows how pliable mavericks like the front runners will be? By comparison, Romney is a sure thing.
On the Democratic side, there is no such ambivalence. Hillary Clinton is looking good on being both electable and available.
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