Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Couldn't he just cut me a check?

The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman reports a calculation done by Alex Vogel, a Republican strategist, showing that Romney has spent $1.16 million per delegate at this point in the race. At that rate, it would cost Romney $1.33 billion to become the Republican presidential nominee. And remember, a lot of the Romney campaign's money is coming from Romney himself -- in the fourth quarter of 2007, the campaign announced over $27 million in total receipts; $18 million of that was Romney's personal money. --Salon

If I were a rich man ... well, I wouldn't run for president.

5 comments:

Dave said...

Damn Jim, within a day he reads what you have to say and gets out. Write something about Clinton lending herself money. Please?

Anonymous said...

Romney goes down! Romney goes down!

(It makes more sense if you imagine it in the voice of Howard Cosell)

Anonymous said...

ok, I admit it, I'm in it for the money...

Romney's got my vote for half that price!

and I ain't even a Republican!

bwa!

Jim Donahue said...

Jay, maybe you should have targeted Giuliani: He spent over $65 million on his bust of a campaign. Not his own money, but still...

Anonymous said...

well I did send him a "Contribute Today" letter, as I did all the candidates....

not a one wrote back...