POLITICO.com nos descubre la procedencia de los 12 millones de dólares recaudados por Restore Our Future, un super comité de acción política que escapa de las restricciones de la ley electoral y que fue creado hace pocos meses para dar cobertura externa a la campaña presidencial de Mitt Romney.
El dinero procede de noventa organizaciones e individuos privados, muchos desconocidos porque se ocultan detrás de sociedades de nueva creación. Algunos, concretamente cuatro, han aportado por encima del millón de dólares cada uno.
Es una práctica completamente legal gracias a una resolución del Tribunal Supremo que el año pasado levantó algunos límites a la financiación de las campañas, y que se aplicó por primera vez en las midterms de 2010 favoreciendo especialmente a los republicanos que tradicionalmente han tenido mayor facilidad para recaudar grandes contribuciones de pocos donantes que pequeñas contribuciones de muchos donantes.
Supone un salto legal respecto a la campaña de 2008 que puede resultar decisivo para competir con la potente maquinaria de Obama.
(...) Restore Our Future got $1 million each from “Eli Publishing” and a “F8 LLC,” both of which listed the same Provo, Utah, office suite. A records search reveals that the same address is also home to trusts set up by the families of Blake Roney and Steven Lund, executives at Nu Skin enterprises and major Romney contributors in the 2008 campaign.
Other givers were even harder to unmask. A “W Spann LLC” on Madison Avenue in New York City contributed $1 million, but it was unclear who was behind the contribution.
The only $1 million giver who put his name behind the contribution was John Paulson, a New York hedge fund billionaire who became famous for enriching himself by betting on the collapse of the housing industry.
Four individuals gave $500,000 each, including hotel magnate brothers J.W. Marriott Jr and Richard Marriott, the sons of the man Romney was named after – J. Willard Marriott Sr.
Also giving half-million were New York hedge fund manager Louis Bacon and James Davis, the Boston-based Chairman of New Balance shoes.
Renee Morse, who owns the Florida mega-retirement community The Villages, gave $250,000 and the company matched that amount.
Romney also got significant help from investors in Bain Capital, the private equity fund he used to run. Paul Edgerly and his wife, Sandra, gave $500,000 each and Stephen Zide contributed $250,000.
The wealthy Fox family in St. Louis – major bundlers for Romney’s presidential effort – gave the PAC $270,000.
Also notable was Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, who gave $500,000. While Perry, one of the leading Republican donors in the country, gave to the campaigns of Romney and Pawlenty, he’s among a group of wealthy Texans expected to support Rick Perry, should the governor get in the race.
Bob Perry (no relation) has been one of the biggest donors to Perry over the years, contributing at least $3.3 million to his campaigns.
All told, Restore Our Future brought in $12.231,700 for the first half of the year. (...)
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