Reply #144: the spin will become 'recent' fundraising ...

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money yet documented at opensecrets.org ... one minute it's Hackett has only raised $200K until that's proved false ... then, it becomes cash on hand (as if that should matter) or latest fund raising ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2466556#2466841

I appreciate your researching opensecrets.org for the contribution facts ... I used that data in that thread.

Brown's cash-on-hand is money carried over from House campaigns ... it's been growing over time ... it's no wonder he has $2M sitting around ... that kind of left-over money (it's not like he's had any struggle winning his district) ... it's part of the system which makes it difficult for newbies ... especially those who might not fit the good ol'boy network's mold ... even symbolically ... to get a foot in the door ...

Having a campaign funded by rank-and-file citizens against Big Money might play contrast against incumbent Democrats swilling in Big Business PAC money ... couldn't have that ...

I want to win the Senate and Ohio, too, but not with shades of backroom politicking by a committee of 3, circumventing the DNC/Chair/rank-and-file, pre-empting the will of the people ... such shenanigans is not much different than Bu$h-Rove-Cheney hand-picking Coleman to run in Minnesota.