Hostettler Disappoints With Poor 1st Q Fundraising Showing
Ex-Rep. John Hostettler (R) posted a disappointing 1st Q fundraising total, raising a paltry $37K and finishing the Q with just under $10K CoH, according to his FEC report. Hostettler has a history of poor fundraising, as he raised just over $600K during the '08 cycle for his tough re-election battle against Brad Ellsworth (D), who raised $1.7M.
Hostettler is holding a 24 hour "money blitz" on Thursday, as he seeks to make up ground in the money race.
Hostettler's numbers mean he will have trouble keeping pace with state Sen. Marlin Stutzman (R), who raised just over $78K in the 1stQ, and Wachovia Securities branch mgr. Don Bates (R), who are both up on TV with ads seeking to boost their name ID during the final stretch of the GOP race. Stutzman's ad went up yesterday, while Bates went up today with a spot in which he says, in an indirect shot at ex-Sen Dan Coats (R), "Hoosiers are ready for fresh leadership."
Meanwhile Coats, who was the GOP leader in 1stQ fundraising with an underwhelming $379K, has been forced to defend his right flank lately, as he has come under fire from Stutzman and Hostettler for his vote to confirm Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg to SCOTUS.
To help rebut those charges, Coats today landed the endorsement of Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN).
As Stutzman, Hostettler and Bates all seek to make big closing arguments in the form of TV ads and big-name endorsements, these outsider candidates risk splitting the Tea Party vote. And if Coats emerges victorious from the primary, he will still have the tall task of corralling supporters of the other three for a general election bid against Ellsworth.
The only people disappointed in John Hostettler are the DC fat cats that know John can't be bought with their tainted special interest money.
Leave your ivory tower inside the beltway and come out to Indiana. There is excitement all over the state for John Hostettler's campaign.
I won't be voting for Coats in the fall because he's not a true conservative. I don't care how much money he's raised, he voted to repeal the Mexico City policy (that means he voted to spend US tax dollars to abort children around the world).
Hostettler's proven over and over that he's won't give into lobbyists or arm twisting (like Coats who's lobbied in favor of terrorist countries like Yemen). Hostettler's the true principled conservative in this race.
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Good thing elections are made by people and not money. Otherwise, we'd end up with someone like Coats. Strangely enough, the fact that Mr. Hostettler isn't focused on getting all the money he can, but has been town halling at an incredible pace, well, is somewhat reassuring. It seems that most politicians (Coats lobbying for TARP money recipients or Stutzman taking taxpayer farm subsidies) seem to think that their bottom line is the most important thing. Its not.
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