2016 Presidential Candidates Get Creative (and Desperate) in Last-Minute Fundraising Pitches

As the supermoon cast its blood orange glow across the night sky the other night, some religious leaders said it was a sign of a looming apocalyptic deadline. Back on earth, in the depths of campaign headquarters across the country, fear of a different date was nigh—the stroke of midnight tonight, also known as the third quarter Federal Election Commission filing deadline.

You’re “running out of time” wrote Ben Carson’s campaign. “There’s so much on the line” emailed George P. Bush on behalf of his dad Jeb. The “deadline is approaching” said Lindsey Graham’s campaign. And “friend,” wrote Sen. Cory Booker on behalf of Hillary Clinton—“she needs us.”