Schwarzenegger Campaign Funds Nearly GONE

[Bluebear]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Feb 1, 2006 — After spending more than $44 million in last year's special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election committee began 2006 in the red.

Campaign statements filed late Tuesday show Schwarzenegger raised $2.5 million in 2005 for his re-election campaign, but spent $3 million. Although he has about $150,000 cash on hand, the Republican's re-election committee had debts of $556,000 as of Dec. 31.

The two leading Democrats looking to challenge Schwarzenegger in November are flush with cash. State Treasurer Phil Angelides reported cash of $17 million, while state Controller Steve Westly has about $24 million aided by donations of $20 million from himself....

In 2003, Schwarzenegger spent more than $10 million of his own money on the recall campaign and his candidacy for governor. Reports show he gave $8.2 million of his own money to support his failed slate of special election ballot measures last year.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1566896

[senseandsensibility]

1. What a loser

My heart bleeds for him. NOT!!!!

[Bluebear]

3. EXACTLY the word that came to my mind

Spending a ton of money for nothing.

[TommyO]

7. Give the man a break...

Governating is hard work!

[Dogmudgeon]

2. A Fool and his Money are ... Schwartzenegger

--p!

[msongs]

4. we love our governator broke...let's keep him that way nt

[reality based]

5. Maybe he's got the rights to some of those perverted

bodybuilder pictures of himself that he can sell to the Reverends for a pretty penny.

[Cha]

6. Where's all the national

rw money? Aren't they gonna help a loser?

[laugle]

8. Ah yes, but it helps to be married to a rich wife!

[Gloria]

9. Franken played something a couple of days ago....did Arnie threaten

nurses again??? Something about punching one in the stomach?? I heard it and couldn't believe it. At first I thought it was old, but Franken and his guest (woman) seemed to be saying that he hadn't learned a thing from the first time....

[rucky]

11. that was a joke (clip from one of his moovies)

the guest fell for it, too.

[Cleita]

10. Oh, boo, hoo, hoo!

See my crocodile tears fall for the poor unfortunate Gropenator.

Time to pack it in Gub'nor and go back to making bad movies.