Picked up a copy when I bought the local for the basketball scores.
I can't lie to you, readers.
"Romney spent $42.3m of own money"
"by Globe Staff | February 21, 2008
Before abandoning his bid to become president, Mitt Romney put in at least $42.3 million of his own money, a big chunk of the $97 million he spent on the campaign.
His campaign reported to the Federal Election Commission yesterday that he loaned his campaign $6.95 million during January to reach that total.
The former Massachusetts governor's total self-financing puts him ahead of Steve Forbes, the publisher who spent $38 million on his unsuccessful run for the GOP nomination in 1996, but shy of the $63.5 million that H. Ross Perot spent on his 1992 third-party presidential campaign....
All for nothing!
Romney also reported raising $9.7 million last month, bringing his campaign total to $63.6 million.
That total is appreciably more than that raised by John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.... McCain received contributions totaling about $49 million and borrowed nearly $4 million more by the end of last month....
Money matters, then it doesn't matter, then it matters again.
I'm sick of the MSM shit shovel!
Mike Huckabee, who refuses to concede the nomination to McCain, reported raising nearly $4 million during January, but he spent nearly $5 million to stay competitive, eating up nearly all the cash he had saved up.
Buckahee's money (or lack thereof) doesn't matter.
Ron Paul said he raised another $4.4 million during January, raising his total to nearly $33 million - far more than better-known contenders. He spent another $6.4 million last month, bringing that total to nearly $27 million.
And for what? For nothing!
Ron Paul's money didn't matter.
And I resent the MSM bringing him up at this point, after the way they treated him earlier!
The Republican campaign cash figures are far less than the leading Democrats' - another sign of the enthusiasm gap between the two parties that is also being reflected in voter turnout.
Barack Obama reported raising more than $36 million during January... most of it raised online.... For the entire campaign, Obama has raised more than $138 million....
That is money that matters, too!
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton reported that she raised about $13.9 million and loaned her campaign $5 million last month. She has raised nearly $121 million for the campaign as of Jan. 1.
More money that matters.
Yesterday, McCain pressed his attack on Obama for backing away from accepting public financing for the general election - as both indicated a year ago they would do. Each could get about $85 million in public funds, but they would not be allowed to raise any other money. Such a step would clearly give the advantage to McCain, who dislikes fund-raising, and would hinder Obama.
In an opinion piece published yesterday in USA Today, Obama wrote that he wants to work toward a spending agreement with the Republican nominee. He laid out a series of conditions, including possibly limiting how much money McCain can spend for the general election while Democratic race continues.
"That's Washington doublespeak," McCain said in Columbus, Ohio. "We either keep our word or we don't keep our word. I think the American people would expect him to hold to that commitment, especially if we want to bring about change."
McCain should be one to talk about double-speak!!!!
And the emphasis of the campaign in the MSM is the funding of the general election and John McCain's sexual peccadilloes?
Baaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrfffffffff!!!!!!
Also see: Evidence suggests New York Times editors deliberately held McCain lobbyist story
Obama's spokesman, Bill Burton, responded: "John McCain is in no place to question anyone on pledges when he abandoned the latest campaign finance reform efforts in order to run for the Republican nomination and went back on his commitment to take public financing for the primary election this year."
And where is the WAR ISSUE in the presidential contests?
Or the economy, for cripes sakes?
No, it's McCain's boffo affair and the INSIDE BASEBALL of CORPORATE CASH!
No wonder I stopped reading the MSM's political stories!!!
