"But even if I qualify, it will be too late to make any significant difference to my campaign."

With the January sales fast approaching, he could make a big difference to someone else's campaign.

A candidate may not make loans to the candidate's own campaign.

Instead, the 12 campaigns reported each person's contribution as having been made directly to the local campaign.

That kind of thing always plays well with the audience, and it'll make a good introduction to the campaign to come.

Mrs. Clinton returned $50,000 the group had made to her campaign.

Gifts and pledges of $30 million have already been made to the new campaign.

Since Perry probably has no idea that this newspaper exists it won't make any difference to his campaign.

"Not too many groups make large campaign contributions to my campaign," she said.

The Canadians had made a contribution to the campaign out of all proportion to their numbers.