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$377 million
Amount donors have poured into the 2016 presidential contest, which is barely underway, an Associated Press review shows. “Almost half of the money disclosed so far will benefit just two of the expected 22 candidates — both of whom have former presidents in the immediate families: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush.”
I think there’s a small possibility that this gentleman is a phantom candidate. Mr. Trump has a close friendship with Bill and Hillary Clinton. They were at his last wedding. He has contributed to the Clintons’ foundation. He has contributed to Mrs. Clinton’s Senate campaigns. All of this is very suspicious.
— Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), “whose district saw two phony candidates run in a pair of elections before he took office, has taken to Spanish-language media to suggest that Donald Trump’s campaign could be a Democratic scheme to hurt the Republican Party,” the Miami Herald reports.
17%
Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 14%, Scott Walker at 8%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5%, Ben Carson at 4%, Mike Huckabee at 4% and Chris Christie at 3%, according to a new Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll. Said pollster David Paleologos: “Trump is making daily headlines in advance of the primary season. This has vaulted him to the top of the pack on the backs of conservative voters.”
$51 million
Total amount Ted Cruz has raised in the first quarter of his campaign, including $14 million through his campaign committee and another $37 million through a constellation of super PACs set up to aid his campaign, Chris Cillizza notes, placing him second to Jeb Bush’s $114 million.
