In October 2000:

…Bush gazed around the diamond-studded $800-a-plate crowd and commented on the wealth on display.

“This is an impressive crowd – the haves and the have-mores,” quipped the GOP standard-bearer. “Some people call you the elites; I call you my base…”

The Missouri Ethics Commission compiles daily updates of 48 hour campaign contribution reports for amounts over $5,000.00. This always makes for interesting reading. Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder (r), with debt of over $300,000.00 from the 2008 campaign, has been doing quite well with his base since January:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

MEC ID: C091145

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/21/2010 [pdf]

Ethelmae Humphreys

Joplin, MO

Tamko Bldg Products

6/21/2010

$45,000.00

David Humphreys

Joplin, MO

Tamko Bldg Products

6/21/2010

$40,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/15/2010 [pdf]

Rex A. Sinquefield

Westphalia, MO

6/14/2010

$25,000.00

Wait, where have we seen that name before?

There’s even more!:

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/14/2010 [pdf]

Jerry D. Hall

Monett, MO

6/12/2010

$50,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/11/2010 [pdf]

William F. Holekamp

St. Louis, MO

6/10/2010

$30,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/4/2010 [pdf]

Gerald A. (Jerry) Cook

Springfield, MO

6/4/2010

$25,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/30/2010 [pdf]

Mike McDonnell

Memphis, TN

4/30/2010

$6,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/23/2010 [pdf]

Mike McDonnell

Memphis, TN

4/22/2010

$6,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/9/2010 [pdf]

Drury Development Corporation

St. Louis, MO

4/9/2010

$25,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/7/2010 [pdf]

Jack C. Taylor

St. Louis, MO

4/5/2010

$7,500.00

THIRTY AND 141 LP

St. Louis, MO

4/5/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/23/2010 [pdf]

Sam Fox

St. Louis, MO

3/23/2010

$25,000.00

Stanley M. Herzog

St. Joseph, MO

3/23/2010

$25,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/18/2010 [pdf]

RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc.

Cincinnati, OH

3/17/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/17/2010 [pdf]

Ann Albrecht

St. Louis, MO

3/15/2010

$25,000.00

Hunter Engineering Company

Bridgeton, MO

3/17/2010

$15,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/5/2010 [pdf]

Andrew N. Baur, Trustee U/A

Revocable Trust of Andrew N. Baur

St. Louis, MO

3/5/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 1/29/2010 [pdf]

Herzog Contracting Corp.

St. Joseph, MO

1/28/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Uh, that’s $389,500.00 since January.

And that campaign debt from 2008 (from the Missouri Ethics Commission – January 15, 2010 campaign finance report)?:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER DEBT COMMITTEE

ReportDate:

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD

(SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $315,000.00

[emphasis added]

That sort of adds up, doesn’t it?

You’ve just got to be impressed with the results of Missouri republican campaign fundraising strategeries aimed at their base: Tom Schweich (r) for Auditor: apparently people give big bucks to rock stars