October 20, 2010--Big Spender
She may make good tabloid copy, what with her perky promise to eliminate Social Security and Medicare and how she campaigns while totting around a Magnum 44 all the while taunting her slender and soft-spoken opponent to "man up." Who knows, she may actually wind up defeating Senate Majority leader Harry Reid. The Senate race in Nevada is seen as too close to call.
On the saner side of calling for policy changes Sharron Angle is just one of many candidates for high office calling for less taxation and spending. Especially less spending.
That is, for everything that doesn't pertain to her.
Who was it that said, "Follow the money"? Wasn't it Deep Throat who advised Bob Woodward that if he did the mystery of Watergate would be solved? The money path indeed lead to Richard Nixon who subsequently was forced to resign the presidency.
Applying this to Sharron Angle what gets revealed, when it comes to money, is just how undisciplined and hypocritical she is.
More out-of-state money has poured into her campaign than for any other candidate. This is understandable since if she can manage to bring down the Democrats' top gun in the Senate it would not only help shape a potential Senate majority for Republicans but also would have symbolic meaning to both the GOP and their masters in the Tea Party.
According to the New York Times, an astonishing $14 million was contributed to Angle's campaign war chest during the third quarter of this year. (Article linked below.)
Since during the same three month Reid managed to round up a mere $2.8 million, one would think Angle is primed to so outspend him during the next two weeks that she could forget campaigning and devote the next two weeks to packing her bags for Washington.
But from the expenditure report her campaign was recently required to submit and make public, anti-big-spending candidate Angle is left with only $4.2 million to use for TV ads and the like. Because Reid, the alleged potentate of congressional spenders was responsible when managing his limited resources he has about the same amount left to use for his campaign.
Though the details of how Angle burned through almost all her money are not yet known, what is certain is that she spent a ton of money on mailing lists, flyers, and postage. Much of it subcontracted to firms that have a reputation for over-charging and over-spending. Just what she accuses folks in Washington of doing.
More of the same is thus what we should expect from Angle, in spite of her rhetoric and ranting, if she makes it to the Senate.
Remember--Follow the money.
On the saner side of calling for policy changes Sharron Angle is just one of many candidates for high office calling for less taxation and spending. Especially less spending.
That is, for everything that doesn't pertain to her.
Who was it that said, "Follow the money"? Wasn't it Deep Throat who advised Bob Woodward that if he did the mystery of Watergate would be solved? The money path indeed lead to Richard Nixon who subsequently was forced to resign the presidency.
Applying this to Sharron Angle what gets revealed, when it comes to money, is just how undisciplined and hypocritical she is.
More out-of-state money has poured into her campaign than for any other candidate. This is understandable since if she can manage to bring down the Democrats' top gun in the Senate it would not only help shape a potential Senate majority for Republicans but also would have symbolic meaning to both the GOP and their masters in the Tea Party.
According to the New York Times, an astonishing $14 million was contributed to Angle's campaign war chest during the third quarter of this year. (Article linked below.)
Since during the same three month Reid managed to round up a mere $2.8 million, one would think Angle is primed to so outspend him during the next two weeks that she could forget campaigning and devote the next two weeks to packing her bags for Washington.
But from the expenditure report her campaign was recently required to submit and make public, anti-big-spending candidate Angle is left with only $4.2 million to use for TV ads and the like. Because Reid, the alleged potentate of congressional spenders was responsible when managing his limited resources he has about the same amount left to use for his campaign.
Though the details of how Angle burned through almost all her money are not yet known, what is certain is that she spent a ton of money on mailing lists, flyers, and postage. Much of it subcontracted to firms that have a reputation for over-charging and over-spending. Just what she accuses folks in Washington of doing.
More of the same is thus what we should expect from Angle, in spite of her rhetoric and ranting, if she makes it to the Senate.
Remember--Follow the money.
posted by Steven Zwerling at
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