No, I see quite well why it must be hard money, anyone could.

The groups will have to pay for some activities using 50 percent or more in hard money.

But hard money can't be allowed to simply take soft money's place.

Would you put down hard money for any of these, over your normal choices?

Candidates must pay for their own ads with hard money.

What's the difference between soft and hard money campaign contributions?

But she surely has the ability to raise more hard money to get her political message out.

It will also boost efforts to raise more hard money through its political action committee, he said.

Hard money is any contribution made directly to the candidates.

Those "hard money" funds can be given directly to candidates.

The term "hard money" usually refers to one of two things.

Israel's new central banker, a former Chicago professor, is a hard money man.

"I would prefer not to have the increase in hard money limits," he said.

Individuals may also give what is known as "hard money" donations to political parties.

The hard money and austerity types have been wrong, yet again.

"What we need to do is dramatically free up the parties to operate in hard money."

Without raising hard money early in a campaign, a candidate is not considered viable.

Traditional commercial hard money loan programs are very high risk and have a higher than average default rate.

If the bill banned hard money - personal contributions - I would agree with them.

He put two silver dollars into the test cage they still used hard money around those parts then - after making me mark them.

However, it sometimes includes other assets of the individual or business borrowing the hard money.

The parties are required to use hard money for purposes that clearly benefit a candidate.

He said hard money meant immediately available funds such as cash, bonds and property.

But these "hard money" ceilings are not so high as to create another abusive system.

Spanish gold was about the only hard money in circulation along the entire Mississippi.