The Penniless Primary
June 18, 2010 - by
Campaign-finance reformers take heed: the Democratic U.S. Senate primary is what politics would look like without money.
Unexciting, uninspiring and virtually invisible. Plus, virtually no voters.
A campaign without TV ads is essentially a campaign that doesn’t exist. Yes, I know the importance of online communications. But TV is still the most powerful medium.
And Cal Cunningham and Elaine Marshall aren’t on TV because they don’t have money.
Estimates are that no more than 150,000 people will vote next week. Out of more than 2 million registered Democrats.
Tell me why this is a good thing.
Barack Obama shunned public financing in 2008, raised $300 million and was able to campaign in all 50 states. He got people excited, and he dramatically increased the number of people voting.
Tell me why that is a bad thing.
The Penniless Primary
June 18, 2010/
Campaign-finance reformers take heed: the Democratic U.S. Senate primary is what politics would look like without money.
Unexciting, uninspiring and virtually invisible. Plus, virtually no voters.
A campaign without TV ads is essentially a campaign that doesn’t exist. Yes, I know the importance of online communications. But TV is still the most powerful medium.
And Cal Cunningham and Elaine Marshall aren’t on TV because they don’t have money.
Estimates are that no more than 150,000 people will vote next week. Out of more than 2 million registered Democrats.
Tell me why this is a good thing.
Barack Obama shunned public financing in 2008, raised $300 million and was able to campaign in all 50 states. He got people excited, and he dramatically increased the number of people voting.
Tell me why that is a bad thing.