Why 'money is not a panacea' in Election 2024: Raw Story Editor-in-Chief Dave Levinthal
Candidates running for the presidency and Congress just released some gaudy new fundraising numbers, but Raw Story Editor-in-Chief Dave Levinthal warned to view the big-dollar totals with a healthy dose of skepticism.
"You have to have money in order to be competitive. You absolutely have to have it. If you don't have money, the chances of you winning are next to nil," Levinthal told host Justin Robert Young on the "Politics! Politics! Politics!" podcast. "But money is not a panacea. Money will not alone win you a race. Just ask Michael Bloomberg in the last presidential election. There has to be a confluence of factors — money, popularity, the factors on the ground, the news of the moment — that conspire in a positive way for you to be successful as a candidate."
In this regard, Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2024 presidential race, with none of the other GOP candidates able to break through in any meaningful way, Levinthal told Young — except, perhaps, for one....