Romney Spends It Faster Than He Gets It

[Ghost in the Machine]

Romney Spends It Faster Than He Gets It
Published: 7/17/07, 3:26 AM EDT
By GLEN JOHNSON
BOSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign found 9,732 ways to spend its money last quarter.

From a $15 service fee for its travel agent to $31,500 to rent the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park for a celebratory barbecue, the Republican presidential contender was anything but fiscally conservative in spending money as fast as he raised it between April and June.

Based on the report Romney filed with the Federal Election Commission over the weekend, his spending was so prolific he had to lend his committee $6.5 million during the quarter, allowing him to cover the difference between $20.5 million he spent and the $14 million he raised.

That loan also means that, for all intents and purposes, Romney has personally paid for every second of the $4.9 million in television ads his campaign has aired since he formally declared his candidacy in February.

And while the former venture capitalist's personal wealth may be declining, that of his cadre of Washington advisers is skyrocketing. Barbara Comstock, a former Justice Department official who is an expert in opposition research, is being paid $15,000 per month. Patton Boggs, the well-connected Washington law firm, is on a $35,000 monthly retainer.

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***My Note*** and this is how he will run the government too...

[calimary]

1. Most illuminating, isn't it?

I think your Note is spot-on. So does that mean he'll be kicking in some of his own money to prop up the federal government after he's run through it as "president"? OY. And here I thought it was the republi-CONS who were the money party. Between him and mccain, we'd be in even worse budgetary trouble than where bush has left us.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. Even the freeps don't want McCain either. They're downright nasty about him

Senator John McCain has vowed to stay in the race for President, even though he is almost broke and has let go most of his staff, unless he contracts a fatal illness.

It would seem, however, that Senator McCain is just wasting his time and money. Even the freepers over at freerepublic.com, a conservative republican website, have stated their views on John McCain, and they aren't very supportive. Most of them just want him to go away. Here is a sampling of their posts:

1 posted on 07/14/2007 12:12:43 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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Sen. John McCain said Friday that only “contracting a fatal disease” will cause him to drop out of the presidential race before the primaries begin,....O.K!, you have a fatal case of amnesty....



2 posted on 07/14/2007 12:16:59 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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He may be a big time RINO, but he does have guts. I’m still not voting for him =)



3 posted on 07/14/2007 12:17:34 AM PDT by chaos_5
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I’m no doc, but I’ve always suspected a brain tumor.



4 posted on 07/14/2007 12:17:59 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats??)
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Me neither.



5 posted on 07/14/2007 12:18:45 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats??)
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Let’s not be morbid.

I’m reminded of John Edwards, who keeps going even though his wife has a fatal disease. It must be admitted that, by all appearances, it’s what she wants.



6 posted on 07/14/2007 12:19:45 AM PDT by Irish Rose (Will work for chocolate.)
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Elaphantiasis of the ego isn't fatal, fortunately. =)
I like McCain. Don't want him to be president, but I do like him, and he served his country.


7 posted on 07/14/2007 12:21:01 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Bostonian, atheist, prolifer, free-speech zealot, pro-legal immigration anti-socialist dude.)
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He has guts but not your vote....pissin in the wind John....



8 posted on 07/14/2007 12:23:30 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Let’s not be morbid.
We're talking John McCain's campaign. It's deceased. It's pushing up daisies. Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians. He's pining for the fjords...well, you get the picture.


9 posted on 07/14/2007 12:26:34 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats??)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865828/posts


****Now I have to go wash my hands and flush my eyes out....****

[Double T]

2. As the campaign goes, so goes the country.

mccain and romney would spend our nation into the red and put 'US' out of business. Good thing they are doing in their own campaigns before the have the chance to do 'US' in.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Just like bush - It must be a fiscally conservative thing