McConnell loans his campaign $1.8 million

[RandySF]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to counter the influx of Democratic spending aimed at defeating him by writing a big personal check.

The Republican leader is loaning his campaign $1.8 million out of his own bank account, exceeding a $1.5 million investment by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Senate Majority PAC to bolster the prospects of Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.

A McConnell campaign official told POLITICO Friday that his boss is making the donation because he has long said that the National Republican Senatorial Committee should spend money in other hotly contested races — not his own.

“Sen. McConnell has maintained a longstanding personal commitment to his members that he won’t draw any resources from the team,” said John Ashbrook, McConnell’s spokesman. “So he’s going to match Obama’s money men out of his own pocket.”


http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/mitch-mcconnell-18-million-check-112195.html#ixzz3H7Y6ZIbp

[strategery blunder]

1. Must be nice to be able to personally buy your election

Or at least try to.

[RandySF]

3. Smells like fear to me.

[MiniMe]

2. Tells you how much he is getting from lobbyists n/t

[peace13]

4. 1.8 million and he still has to show is turtle head self....

...man that has got to hurt. I'm not certain that extra exposure will help!

[lpbk2713]

5. He must have been saving his lunch money.

It's not like he's ever had a real job. He's been a career politician
most of his life, where would he get that kind of money?

Never mind. I know the answer to that one.