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October 9th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is part of a Liberal fundraising team as the party prepares for a possible snap poll. Picture: File
Source: The Daily Telegraph
A TEAM of Liberal Party luminaries, including Alexander Downer and Santo Santoro, has been formed to fast-track a multimillion-dollar war chest for a snap federal poll.
The Liberal Party is also mimicking the strategy of Barack Obama and will establish a “grassroots” fundraising program targeting small amounts of $20 or $40.
As Tony Abbott puts his MPs on alert for the possible return of Kevin Rudd, senior Coalition frontbenchers are criss-crossing Australia to hold fundraising events.
Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey is understood to have done three dinners, two cocktail functions and a fundraising lunch across three states in the past week alone.
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop has also racked up thousands of kilometres in flights to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland for fundraising events.
The Coalition has brought forward election planning by a year in case the Government loses the confidence of Parliament – or Julia Gillard loses the support of her colleagues.
Mr Abbott and his senior team believe Mr Rudd is actively campaigning for the Labor leadership – and would call a snap election to exploit a honeymoon period. The party’s federal executive signed off on the fundraising strategy at a meeting in Canberra last month.
The fundraising team will target the “big end of town” and includes Mr Downer, the long-serving foreign minister, and Mr Santoro, a former minister for ageing.
Liberal Party vice-presi-dent Tom Harley, a well connected Melbourne businessman, is also a member, along with Danielle Blain from West Australia.
But the Liberal Party has also given the go-ahead to a “low-value, high-volume” fundraising program, based on a similar scheme established by the US president ahead of his 2008 campaign.
Both the Liberal and National parties have brought forward their campaign planning by a year, with sitting MPs instructed to ensure their campaign structures are ready for a snap poll.
Preselections are also being brought forward after criticism that the Liberal Party left it too late to choose candidates last time.
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