3 GOP Hopefuls...Whitman (CA), Scott (FL), McMahon (CT)...Have Spent a Quarter-Billion Dollars

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3 GOP Hopefuls Have Spent a Quarter-Billion Dollars
Seriously ... and they're not even ahead in the polls
By Kate Schwartz, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2010 5:55 PM CDT

http://www.newser.com/story/103696/3-gop-hopefuls-have-spent-a-quarter-billion-dollars.html

(Newser) – The Chamber of Commerce and Public-Employees Union have got nothing on three Republican candidates when it comes to campaign spending: Meg Whitman, Rick Scott, and Linda McMahon have spent more than the two groups combined—a staggering $243 million. What makes that figure even more gobsmacking is not just the fact that the cash has come from their own pockets, but the fact that none of them are actually ahead in the polls. Politico reports:

* Whitman has spent $141.6 million of her own money to date. One poll this week has her trailing Jerry Brown by 8 points; a GOP survey has the two tied.
* Scott has dumped $60 million of personal and family money into his Florida gubernatorial bid; most polls show the race between him and Alex Sink too close to call.
* McMahon has ponied up $41.5 million, more than twice what Whitman has spent per voter. A recent survey has her 18 percentage points behind Richard Blumenthal.

[marmar]

1. Disgusting.....and even more disgusting is a political system that allows this.

:puke:

[Drale]

2. Imagine the good that money could have done

if republicans actually cared about america and spent it to help people.

[WillyT]

3. The Last Republican To Do Good Was Teddy Roosevelt, But...

what I wonder is, what do they think their return on investment will be if they were to win?

:shrug:

:hi:

[Drale]

4. Teddy wasn't really a republican

he was a democrat. Starting with Hoover is when republicans became the republicans we hate today and democrats become the democrats of today.

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. It's trickling down

..passing through the producers, the photographers, stylists, editors, production and post production people, as well as the networks and all of their employees.

the beauty of it is that, despite them spending all that cash, I can still silence the commercial and ignore the message. I love to turn the sound down and make up my own script extemporaneously. And all the people down the food chain still get paid!

:P

[valerief]

5. You can buy a helluva lotta people with cash like that. nt

[Hawaii Hiker]

7. Yeah, you can buy alot of people w/cash like that,

just not the voters of CA, FL, and CT...

[WinkyDink]

14. You just need to buy Diebold execs.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. kick

[Scurrilous]

9. Amazing.

K & R :thumbsup:

[Enthusiast]

10. K&R! Do you think

they will take losing lying down? I think there will be serious repercussions.

[GSLevel9]

11. actually...

let me remind everyone.

That money spent by candidates benefits the local and national economy.

Campaign money is spent on local TV and radio stations who hire local residents. Some of that money goes to printers, the Office Depot, bulk mailings, etc...

When ANYONE spends money it's a good thing. We need MORE rich folks spending MORE money.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Whitman is finished..

Brown hopefully will win. I am more worried about Boxer. I hope she can jump ahead also.

[WinkyDink]

13. THIS? Is why the Bush tax cuts MUST EXPIRE for the wealthy.

[the redcoat]

15. Ah, republicans

Single-handedly saving America's economy by being as fiscally irresponsible as they claim their opponents are! Hurray!