Count on voters to be sick of the 2010 election by November. November 2009, that is.
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced a $500,000 media buy today, “locking down television and radio across the state.”
If The Ox is coming to a screen near you, the other candidates for governor can’t be far behind. Everybody pack a lunch, this is going to be a long campaign.
In the same press release, Team Ox announced it raised $420,000 in the first half of the year. That haul gives him a total of $1.45 million, with $1 million on hand, campaign manager Tim Echols said.
Democrat David Poythress, as promised, didn’t do too badly. He announced contributions of $460,000 from 800 donors, including, he emphasized in his ongoing onslaught against former Gov. Roy Barnes, $75,000 since Barnes entered the race last month.
More disclosures will be rolling in as we approach the midnight deadline.
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Mo' money
U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, making dollars ... 980,0000 of them. And he borrowed a quarter-million.
The reports are still rolling in. Republicans: State Sen. Eric Johnson is behind in the polls but ahead in the checking count with $963,000 since April, when he entered the race. Secretary of State Karen Handel raised $430,000 - The Ox isn't looking so good now - and state Rep. Austin Scott hauled in $180,000, which he presumably found on the side of the road between Dalton and Rome.
Democrats: Roy Barnes reported no contributions - plenty of time for that - and Attorney General Thurbert Baker plain hasn't reported. House Minority Leader DuBose Porter raised $231,000, but how much of it was off his Facebook? Poythress' $460,000 is total; he actually brought in just $120,000 in the past six months, along with a $185,000 loan.
My Strategy
I'm going to go out the night of November 2nd, 2010, and count yard signs to determine who I cast a vote for. Until then, I intend to ignore every lie told by a candidate between now and Election Day.
Will you take the size of
Will you take the size of the yard sign into account?
Crushing competition like Italians on grapes
Baker raised $704,000. Barnes is not walking away with this. We have a primary on our hands.
If you can't count on your friends, who can you count on.
Does the Bix Ox's figures include the $120,000 in illegal contributions he (belatedly) returned?
Don't you just wonder what would have happened to that money if the AJC hadn't sniffed it out?