I have to tell you that I’m not that into politics. Should I be? Yes. Do I wish that I was? Yes. In fact, I’m going to have that be a small goal of mine this year — pay more attention to what’s happening with our local and national government officials.
I guess that this week will be a good first step. If you didn’t know, Mitt Romney announced on Monday the formation of the “Romney for President Exploratory Committee” (which basically means that he has officially filed his papers with the Federal Election Commission to run for the President of the United States). I received about 6 emails on Monday from various people asking for my support through a financial donation (each person can donate up to $2100 or $4200 per couple) — I even had an email (via a friend) come from Mitt’s son Craig.
Here is what the email from Criag Romney said:
As you may know, my dad filed papers to form an exploratory committee earlier today to test the waters to run for President in 2008.
One of the keys to be able to do this is to raise a significant amount of money over the next 12 months. Candidates will need to raise about $100 million over that period to be considered serious contenders for the Presidency. The first few weeks after announcing the formation of an exploratory committee are critical in that they demonstrate the candidates ability to raise this kind of money.
As a result, I am asking you to help me raise money for my dad’s exploratory committee. On January 8th, he will be hold a National Call Day in Boston during which time many of his supporters will gather to call friends and family to request them to make donations to the committee.
Please let me know if you have any questions and feel free to take a look at my dad’s positions at www.thecommonwealthpac.com.
From the sounds of it, it appears that Mitt is already well on his way to raising the $100 million necessary. Here is an excerpt from an email that I received Monday night:
As you may have heard through the many news reports, we had a very successful day today in Boston! Governor Romney and the national finance team conducted a National Call Day, raising in excess of $6.5 million towards the Romney for President Exploratory Committee. A record day which illustrates and validates the depth of the grass roots effort that has begun in support of Mitt and Ann Romney and their presidential aspirations. It was an amazing thing to witness the success of the day through so many contributions from so many people, especially recognizing that no one contribution could exceed $2,100. Never before has any presidential aspirant raised so much in so little time. Governor Romney has established his leadership through past successes, and further evidences his position as a top tier candidate for the Presidency of the United States by his positions on issues before us, his personal character and integrity, and in his capacity to garner substantial grass roots support.
I am intentionally excluding personal opinions regarding Mitt and the 2008 election until I have formalized a more concrete opinion. Early on, I do like Mitt and have been impressed with his successes as Governor of Massachusetts and President of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee.
After many invites, I finally made it to the Fight Club Dinner. In it’s simplest form, the fight club dinner is essentially an entrepreneurial networking dinner here in Utah founded by Jeff Barson. It was good to see some other entrepreneurs that I haven’t seen for a while including:
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in my back yard and as I went up for a Michael-Jordan-like-dunk, my front tooth hooked the net and ripped out! (I can picture what you are doing right now… holding your mouth and saying aaaawwwwwoooooo!)
