The Candidates
In the first quarter, Tommy Thompson loaned himself $75,000 of his own money to finance his campaign. Now, a campaign spokesman says that Thompson has loaned himself another $50,000 after funds continued to be slow coming in at the start of this second quarter.
This certainly isn’t a death knell for Thompson’s campaign - remember when a certain Mr. Kerry once had to loan his campaign $850,000 one month before the Iowa caucus - but it’s going to be tough spinning this in a positive light. Thompson has publicly declared he is putting all of his hopes on the Ames Straw Poll, and it’s hard to see how he can compete in the top tier with that kind of cash and that kind of trouble fund raising.
Makes one wonder if that $125,000 wouldn’t have been better spent on a Governor or Senate race in 2006…
April 30th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
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April 30th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Do you honestly think anyone is paying enough attention to Tommy Thompson to criticize him for such a modest donation?
April 30th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
He’s unfortunately becoming an irrelevance. If he’s a politician of dignity, and indications he is, he’ll drop out after Ames.
Shame such a well qualified person has no show of winning, but thats Politics! Unfortunately his run may have reduced his chances of VP, much like Vilsack did on the Dem side by failing to gain any traction.
May 1st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Well, he is tenatious, I’ll give him that. Is he wise? I don’t think so, but I’ve been wrong before. Only time will tell if it was worth it.