Base Connect

Base Connect, formerly called BMW Direct, is a company that specializes in direct mail fundraising for Republican political candidates in the United States. The company is owned by Kimberly Bellissimo,[1] who started it in 2002.

An affiliate of the company, BMW Lists, was in the news in October 2004 when the Providence Journal reported that Republican congressional candidate David Rogers had been paid a total of $72,000 by BMW Lists. Rogers was paid in 2003 and 2004 for selling BMW Lists the names and addresses of those who had donated to Rogers when he ran for Congress in 2002 and 2004, an unusual practice though one that was not explicitly banned by the Federal Election Commission.[2]

In April 2009, in response to criticism of her firm, Bellissimo said "We don’t get a percentage, we don’t get kickbacks. We get a set fee." She also said that the company didn't collect a bonus even for very successful campaigns, and "the post office takes 40 percent off the top when you’re doing direct mail ..."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Shop Talk: Picking Fights". Politics Magazine. April 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  2. ↑ Katherine Gregg (October 15, 2004). "Democrats say Rogers profits from campaign". Providence Journal.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/13/fundraisers-show-little-cash-for-cain/

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