Eric Massa Quotes

[On campaign fund-raising:] You're just sort of shamelessly begging. That's what federal politics is about.

Trump is not a fan of fundraising, but he's willing to do it.

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

Congressman are spending too much time raising money.

Money is the mother's milk of politics

There are three things that are important in politics today: money, money and money.

Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

The principal reasons that special interests can extract their price from government is money .... Those who do not accept money from PACs are those who have other sources.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

The arms race for money being what it is, fundraising starts shortly after someone is elected to Congress.

Members of Congress like us for our information, but they love us for our money.

In order to survive politically, you've got to have a big-buck fundraiser at least one a year.

Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of public life.

I think fundraising has a lot to do with political viability.

Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation.

Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.

Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

There were 14,000 people at the rally for the president in Ohio. There were another 8,000 people in Virginia. If all 22,000 of those people opened their wallets and gave $1,000 each, that would be less than one donation from a billionaire to the super PACs. And that's why he's in for the fight of his life.

One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads.

A CBS spokesman said the network's policy was tightened in September 2006 to forbid contributions to political campaigns. Previously, there was a bit of wiggle room.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.