Rudy sets a record.... but not a good one... $50 million for a single delegate

[RedEarth]

Over $50 million for a single delegate.

As the LA Times notes, that's the worst dollar for delegate record in American presidential history. The previous winner was John Connally who spent $11 million for a single delegate in 1980.

And at that rate Rudy would have needed $60 billion to win the nomination.

On the other hand, 9/11 did change everything.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/176646.php

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. From where I'm sitting that's a great record to break

I love seeing record amounts of Republican candidate donations flushed down the commode. :bounce:

[Buzz Clik]

2. He could have bought me for a lot less.

Of course, that's assuming I'm a delegate to the GOP convention. But, hell, for a mere $10,000 I'd have promised him unconditionally that if chosen to serve as a delegate from The Great State of Indiana, I would have voted for him.

[shain from kane]

5. The check's in the mail!

[shain from kane]

3. Other people's money. Did he set a record for the total amount conned out of other people for

support of his egomania?

[BuyingThyme]

4. Not even Jeff Gannon is worth fifty million.

I wonder who it is.

[SoCalDem]

6. Geez Rudy.. you could have sent me a cashier's check & I'd have voted for you TWICE

:rofl:

[Blaze Diem]

7. haha what a kick in the pants.

ONE @ $50 million

[Blaze Diem]

9. Glad we're not counting on High Rollin Rudy to fix the economy.

This is the epitome of GOP Economics.

[shain from kane]

8. $50 million, gone in a New York minute. n/t

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

10. $146 per vote

I'm fudging a little, counting delegates in caucus states as votes, but still...

Those republicans, so good at managing money!