With McFailin' dropping out

[hogwyld]

of MI, and Northern VA as well as possibly leaving the MN market. Do you think this is mostly due to very bad polling #'s or a lack of financial resources? I can't imagine it's money as 1 month ago, after the convention, he got a check from the feds for 84 MILLION dollars plus the gazillions that the RNC had. Is there any way to find out how much money he has left? What do you think are the reasons he's abandoning states?

[grannie4peace]

1. they lost all the money they were playing with!!!!

[corkhead]

5. while waiting to use it, maybe it was all invested in bank stocks. wouldn't that be ironic

[hogwyld]

7. That's probably true

McLame went "all in" on a pair of 2's while Obama was holding his royal flush close to the vest...

[dmkinsey]

10. I was gonna say he put it all on

Red to win

[hogwyld]

14. Hehe, yeah, but we all know

It's best to bet on BLACK!

[msallied]

2. All of that money disappears very quickly.

Especially when trying to remain competitive with someone who can spend three times as much. He's definitely feeling the money crunch.

[hogwyld]

16. But doesn't he use Cindy's private jet?

So there's not a lot of travel expenses there.

[Clio the Leo]

3. He's down to 27 million according to something I read here last night.....

..... sorry I cant cite a source for ya.

But DU'ers never lie!

[hogwyld]

9. If he's really down to that amount

then that explains why he's abandoning entire states. I guess I just can't imagine blowing through 54 million in a month.

[JuniperLea]

17. He sure is (foolishly!) spending $$$$$$$ in California!

I'm seeing ads every night! And that trip Palin took to Torrance, CA... what a joke!

There is a lot of money being wasted!

Good... snicker...

[hogwyld]

20. What was that old saying?

Something about a fool and his money...

[JuniperLea]

21. *chortle*

There you have it!

:rofl:

[Higher Standard]

4. It's all about the money

With the amount that he'll have to spend just to defend what are supposed to have been safe red states for him, he can't afford to continue trying to poach all those blue states from Obama.

[hogwyld]

13. But VA is (or I should say WAS)

a red state. Why would he pull out of there? I don't see how he can win without VA.

[Virginia Dare]

27. Obama up by 20 in Northern Virginia..

and making some inroads in the conservative southwest from what they say. It's quickly slipping out of McCain's limp grasp.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Both, probably.

I think if the polls were good there, they'd have more reason to stay.

But no point in throwing money at something he's losing so fast.

[hogwyld]

15. That's another one I don't understand

Why the hell was he campaigning in Iowa? California? I'm glad that he's running such a disasterous campaign.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. I think California was to raise money.

But yeah, I didn't get Iowa.

It'll be interesting to see where McCain spends the next month.

[hogwyld]

19. To raise money for who? The RNC?

Since he took public financing, he can't raise any money for his own campaign.

[stopbush]

8. That $84MM million barely paid the 83 lobbyists working for Mc.

At $1MM each, Mc had very little left to spend on Palin's designer outfits.

[BlueIdaho]

11. When will the RNC decide to cut their losses and stop spending money on the ticket?

If their internal polls look really bleak they may decide no amount of money will fix this thing. If that happens - they may curtail spending just to keep their ft cat donors from going ballistic.

[hogwyld]

12. I know here in OR

the RNC has been throwing a ton of money at the senate race this year in an attempt to save Gordon Smith's ass. It's going to be just like the McCain campaign...FAIL!

[Virginia Dare]

28. If the trend keeps heading in Obama's direction the way it is now..

we may see that in the next couple of weeks. It will soon be virtually unwinnable for McCain.

[asdjrocky]

22. In your sig pic, which I love by the way-

I see Obama saying to Kennedy, "Can you believe these people actually think they can beat me?"

[hogwyld]

23. Thanks! I can't wait for Ted

to metaphorically pass the torch to the next generation on 1/20/09.

[rainbow4321]

24. Well if Cindy McCain didn't blow their prez funding $ on 5 star overseas hotel

in Cambodia they might have money left over to put towards the prez race. Sucks for McLame.

And how the hell does he get away with having an American Express entry on his FEC list....doesn't he have to account for every penny?? WHAT is on that bill???????? Nice way to cover up whatever is on it.

[hogwyld]

25. Well, I gotta hand it to the McFailin' campaign

Nothing says Mavericky like trying to win the presidency without money!

[Orsino]

26. Her may have plenty of money...

...but be short on volunteers to run those offices. That wouldn't surprise me.

[myrna minx]

29. In Minnesota, McCain's ads have been bundled with Coleman's and the NRSC's

despicable personal smear ads against Al Franken. Minnesotans are rejecting the negative attack ads, and i think it is reflected in McCain's numbers here. While Minnesota traditionally goes blue, had McCain included Pawlenty on the ticket, it could have been a far more competitive race. IMHO, I think MCCain has wasted his money here. It is also obvious that the RNC, NRSC, McCain and Coleman didn't understand their audience. Minnesotans don't respond well to negative ads.