…from your last campaign, relax: the Online Left is a soft touch for that sort of thing. Happened with Bob Miller (remember him?); and now it’s happening for Rep. Alan Grayson. I heartily agree with my colleague Brian Faughnan on this one:
I heartily endorse the idea of Democratic donors giving generously to Grayson’s Congressional campaign. It might enable Grayson to repay some of the $2.6 million he loaned his campaign last cycle. And as Grayson’s personal net worth is somewhere north of $31 million, it’s not likely to make a dime’s worth of difference in how much Grayson spends next year, nor on whether he wins or loses. It will however, sop up some donations that might have made a difference in other targeted races.
Tells you something when a candidate doesn’t need an opponent* to get an opposition website, complete with donation page. Tells you something more when Cook upgrades your seat from “Leans Dem” to “Toss-up.”
Moe Lane
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*Keep watching the skies on that one, by the way.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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WarEagle01 (Diary) Thursday, October 1st at 7:34PM EST (link)I have to admit some grudging admiration for a snake oil salesman of this caliber. I wonder if Grayson studied at the feet of the master snake oil purveyor Algore.? Here is one of the richest people in Congress, who should have no problem financing his own campaign, but he wants to keep his hard-earned money like any good capitalist. So, he’s “loaned himself” $2.6 million for his last campaign (most people would call that “spending”) and now “needs” some help paying off his “loan.” So he goes on C-SPAN and says a few nasty things about Republicans and, voila, the Democrat rubes out there just start start sending in the dough. So now, Grayson, doesn’t need to tap into his own massive pile of tens of millions of dollars to buy put up that nice addition to his pink manse (or whatever). No, he’s got a cool 2.6 million that magically that got “repaid,” to himself. for his loan. That he gave to himself. I doff my hat to your snake-oily brilliance Al.
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greyson is a typical sleazeball attorney and now congressman
morstar150 (Diary) Friday, October 2nd at 2:39PM EST (link)He’s made his millions by attacking and destroying corporations lying and saying anything to win his case, and now he has slithered into the U.S. Congress. If this guy is re-elected in 2010. Shame on all of us.
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