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BMW Direct Candidates Predictably Lose Elections
BMW Direct, the notorious direct mail firm famous for striking fundraising deals with loser candidates -- predictably lost two of its high profile races this Tuesday. We mentioned late last week that a BMW client, Deborah Honeycutt -- a Republican...
Honeycutt Gives Georgia Dem a Run for His Money
Remember Deborah Honeycutt? The little-known Republican running for Congress in a Democratic stronghold down in Georgia who used a shady direct-mail company to raise national money for her long-shot candidacy? Well, Honeycutt -- who lost by 38 points last time...
Murtha Challenger's Fundraising Is Less Than Meets The Eye
Since Democratic Congressman John Murtha made the bone-headed move earlier this month of calling his constituents racists, the GOP has grown hopeful that it might pick up off his southwest Pennsylvania House seat. The National Republican Campaign Committee last week...
BMW Direct Re-Surfaces With Ties to Anti-Obama Ads
Remember BMW Direct, that sketchy direct mail company that raised money for down ballot candidates, but kept most of it in "fees"? Well, they're back. This morning, the New York Times ran a story mentioning BMW Direct, whose COO is...
BMW Direct Mailer For Georgia Republican Lands On Iowa Doorstep of Weekly Standard Reader
Take a look at the latest fundraising pitch from Deborah Travis Honeycutt, a little-known Republican running for Congress in a Democratic stronghold down in Georgia. Or, we could say, the latest pitch letter drawn up by her Washington-based direct mail...
Malkin's "JAW-Dropping Political Miracle" Provides Big Fees For BMW Direct
The Devil is in the details, as they say. Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin was breathlessly celebrating in yesterday's New York Post about how much money Republican Congressional candidate William Russell has been raising this year. Never heard of him? You're...
Fronting Costs Is Unusual For Direct Mail Firm
We talked to a lot of people in the direct-mail fundraising business last week, trying to get a sense of how BMW Direct's business compares to others in the same field. We've told you about how the conservative Washington political...
Fundraisers Sought To Continue After Election Seeking to Cover "Debt"
Dr. Ada Fisher lost the 2006 bid for a North Carolina Congressional seat by a wide margin -- 34 points. But that didn't discourage her fundraisers, BMW Direct, a Washington-based political firm. Just a few days after Fisher lost to...
Direct Mail Letter Rails Against "So-Called 'Black Leaders'"
We've gotten our hands on an interesting mailer sent out by BMW Direct, the Washington political firm that raises campaign cash and spends most of the money on its own direct-mail efforts. This one was sent out on behalf of...
North Carolina Republican says Fundraising Firm "Screwed Me"
Dr. Ada Fisher doesn't have much good to say about BMW Direct, the Washington political firm that raised money on behalf of her 2006 bid for a North Carolina House seat. "They sort of -- what shall I say? --...
New FEC Reports Show GOP Firm Still Making Big Bucks From Georgia Race
It was a spectacular 2nd quarter for Deborah Travis Honeycutt and her campaign's direct-mail firm, BMW Direct. We told you last week about how the conservative Washington firm was raising big bucks for the Georgia Republican but eating up almost...
Fundraising Firm Says Big Fees Are Standard
Raising millions in campaign cash on behalf of someone else and spending almost the same amount on the fundraising process itself is just part of the business, according to staffers at the firm BMW Direct. The company recently explained to...
Georgia Campaign Doesn't Complain About Hefty Fundraising Fees
We finally heard back from someone at the campaign of Deborah Travis Honeycutt. A couple days ago, we reported that a Washington-based fundraising group raked in more than $500,000 for the little-known Republican running for Congress in suburban Atlanta. That...
Veterans' Charity Dumped Fundraising Group Over Exorbitant Fees
Thanks to help from TPM Reader BK, we uncovered some congressional testimony from last year about BWM Direct, the Washington direct marketing firm that raises money for GOP candidates, among others, but doesn't give them much of it. The House...
Washington Fundraising Firm Drains Some Campaign Coffers, Not Others
After taking a hard look at the candidates who work with BMW Direct, the conservative Washington political firm that appears to keep a lot of the money it raises on behalf of other people, we've found an interesting pattern. The...
Fundraising Firm BMW Direct Takes Down Web Pages
Are the people over at BMW Direct getting defensive? The conservative Washington fundraising firm took down several pages from their Web site this afternoon, in particular those listing the names of people involved with the company and their list of...
Fundraising Group Took Large Payments For PAC Work
We've got a couple more examples of how a conservative Washington political group is raising money on behalf of other people then keeping a extraordinary chunk of that money in fees. BMW Direct, a direct-mail fundraising firm, has been raising...
Experts Say Proving Violation By Direct-Mail Firm Would Be Difficult
The Boston Globe reports again today about BMW Direct, the conservative political fundraising firm in Washington. Despite calls for an investigation, specialists in campaign finance rules said it would be difficult to prove that a direct-mail firm violated federal rules...
Conservative Fundraising Firm Takes Hefty Cut From Other Candidate's Haul
During the first quarter of 2008, BMW Direct, a conservative political firm in Washington, helped raise more than $500,000 for an obscure Republican longshot running for Congress in Georgia. But in a replay of the firm's modus operandi in a...
DC-based Fundraising Firm Raises Campaign Cash, And Keeps A Lot of It
The Boston Globe found an exceptionally good story this weekend nestled inside an anonymous office tower in downtown Washington. They drilled down into the details of a company called BMW Direct, which bills itself as a "full service creative agency"...
