Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Is money (in politics) really everything?

The TV news gives regular reports as to who raised how much money. I'll grant that raising money is a good thing. If they give money, it means they want you to win, or think you are going to win, both of which are good things.
On the other hand, HUckabee had no name recognition, and no money and he is still in the race. He has a lot more name recognition now than he did when he started. McCain, now the Republican nominee (barring an act of God) ran out of money last summer, had to lay off most of his campaign staff, but he persisted, and beat Mitt Romney who had a lot of money, good looks, and more name recognition than Huckabee had.
Based on this, McCain can beat Obama even if Obama can raise more money.

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