her at this point. hakeem jeffries or adam schiff could make a run for the top dem. but as the hill points out, even at 81 years old pelosi is a ball of energy in constant motion on capitol hill and holds the undisputed title as democrats most successful fundraiser. speaking of money house minority leader kevin mccarthy raised $72.4 million for the republican party last year alone. power panel now, matt schlapp chairman of the american conservative union. desirae thames and president and ceo of innovation ohio. matt, i ll start with you with your top line thoughts. i have to say what s interesting about np and kevin mccarthy both coming from california is it tells you that california is the most important state for raising money for both parties. what will happen over time for republicans is the economy in
republicans are coming for them. that is the strong messaging, unified messaging that people are following. for example the national republican campaign committee, they reported this year that they didn t just break records and fund-raising in an off election year, they blew it out of the water. they report as 17.9 billion just last month, they brought in over $140 million in 2021. that s not just in the macro and micro cents. kevin mccarthy brought in a whopping $11.75 million in donations and fund-raising and in that quarter four, $72.4 million the cycle. guard us of what the democrats think that they are doing in the messaging and confusion, americans know what they care about and that is putting food on the table, job security, safety at our border and safety in our streets and production to earn the likelihood that protects their families and both
spent between 2012 and 2013 and marketing? $72.4 million going to p.r. when i have to spend that kind of money, what does it say about health insurance. what do it say about healthcare? they are trying to attract people who are not spending a lot of money on healthcare. and asking people who aren t spending a lot of the money going the doctor, they are saying this is a huge chunk of change to be biting off at this point in my life. the bar is very high to convince people to jump into this thing. the government does a lot of the things clumsily. bill: it was increased by 1.8 million.