If there's one thing the Romney and Jeb! Bush campaigns could do, it was raise money. So who else would a congressional Republican Super PAC turn to in order to make sure they're flush for the 2016 campaign? Not that they're really panicking yet, but a Donald Trump at the top of the ticket is at least worrying. So they're hedging their bets by bringing in Martin Fink, a former senior Romney adviser.
Fink, who was Romney’s 2008 and 2012 finance director and oversaw fundraising for the pro-Jeb Bush Right to Rise super PAC, will serve on the board of the Congressional Leadership Fund, a group devoted to protecting and expanding the House Republican majority.
While Republicans are favored to retain their majority, many of the party’s top donors and operatives have grown worried that, with Trump or Cruz likely to lead the ticket, they will sustain losses. At last week’s Republican National Committee spring meeting, some party strategists privately speculated that major contributors, turned off by the prospective nominees, would shift their attention to House and Senate races.
There's big money out there to be had, money that won't go to Trump or Cruz, so they figure this is the guy to hoover it up for them. They need it to have parity with the Democrats. Right now, the GOP congressional PAC has $1.9 million on hand, while the Democratic House Majority PAC has over $9 million. Again, the House Republican majority isn't likely to be threatened this cycle—though a Republican disaster looms in the Senate and White House—but it would be remiss of them not to exploit this crisis and get all the money they can.