Sunday, February 01, 2004
You Don't Always Get What You Paid For
Lots of fascinating reporting out there this morning. Most of the focus should be on the WashPost's story claiming that the Bush Administration will allow for an independent inquiry into the Iraq WMD intel (LINK). But a few political stories provide a startling contrast with regard to the use of cash.
The 4th Quarter of 2003 filings for the Prez campaigns were published yesterday. Dean spent $31.7M in 2003. Include his early 2004 spending and the insight is obvious - the Campaign's entirely broke (LINK). On the other hand, the Bushies ironically spent just a smidge less - $31.6M. They, however, appear to have used that money very wisely (LINK).
There's also a new LATimes/CNN poll out that shows just how far Kerry has risen in the opinion of Democrats (LINK). There's plenty of false inflation in those numbers, I suspect. Impressive uptick for him, nonetheless.
Time for me to focus a bit less on all this handicapping hooey. I'm making brats (an unavoidable homage to my Wisconsin heritage) and a baked fish/potato pie (a new touch of New England) so I need to make a grocery run. I'll give the full food recap post-Super Bowl.
Lots of fascinating reporting out there this morning. Most of the focus should be on the WashPost's story claiming that the Bush Administration will allow for an independent inquiry into the Iraq WMD intel (LINK). But a few political stories provide a startling contrast with regard to the use of cash.
The 4th Quarter of 2003 filings for the Prez campaigns were published yesterday. Dean spent $31.7M in 2003. Include his early 2004 spending and the insight is obvious - the Campaign's entirely broke (LINK). On the other hand, the Bushies ironically spent just a smidge less - $31.6M. They, however, appear to have used that money very wisely (LINK).
There's also a new LATimes/CNN poll out that shows just how far Kerry has risen in the opinion of Democrats (LINK). There's plenty of false inflation in those numbers, I suspect. Impressive uptick for him, nonetheless.
Time for me to focus a bit less on all this handicapping hooey. I'm making brats (an unavoidable homage to my Wisconsin heritage) and a baked fish/potato pie (a new touch of New England) so I need to make a grocery run. I'll give the full food recap post-Super Bowl.
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