  GOP fundraising tactic avoids cash limits  - The Washington
Times - Sunday, May 15, 2011  Republican officials are getting a
first peek at what's being called a "sky's the limit" approach
to funding the party's 2012 campaigns across the country - from
the presidential race down to mayoral contests.  The timing
couldn't be better, given that the Republican National Committee
is still nearly $20 million in the red 19 months before the 2012
elections and Republicans have no idea who will head their
national ticket or whether the candidate will be any great
shakes at raising funds.  "It could let us blow away the
Democrats on money raising next year, instead of the other way
around as it was last time," Louisiana Republican National
Committee member Roger Villere told The Washington Times.  In
2008, Barack Obama declined public financing for his
presidential campaign and instead raised $800 million on his
own, successfully earning a title change from "senator" to
"president," while Sen. John McCain of Arizona,