MSNBC: Bush had $37 million for final push

[Bleacher Creature]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6289409/

President Bush burned through more than half of his $75 million government grant to cover general-election campaign costs in September, leaving him with just under $37 million left for the final month before the Nov. 2 election.

The Republican spent about $44 million in September and had $455,000 in bills to pay as October began, a monthly campaign finance report he filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission shows


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Has anyone seen this? Maybe I'm making too much of this, but this seems to be a really troubling sign for Shrub.

[Thrill]

1. Bush has spent almost 200 million

if you count from the begining of the process and still is an incumbent running a tie

[Bleacher Creature]

6. 200 million dollars

And all he has left is the tired, old "Kerry's a liberal" line.

Sad.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. He had to spend this much running as an incumbent

a War President and someone who is suppose to be a popular President and still it's a tie? LOL!

[TrueAmerican]

2. I heard that

Kerry had almost twice the money that Bush has left.
I maybe mistaken.

[stray cat]

3. Republican party will cover for him

but that might take money away from senate and house candidates. We can hope.

[Rjnerd]

4. Explains why

He is "gaming" the system - Calling his stump speech a "major policy address" to get it on the tube for free, sending assorted cabinet members to speak on his behalf (Rice for example), without the campaign having to cough up, etc.

[Lex]

5. I remember that the news media talking heads were snickering at the Dems

because mighty, mighty Bush had raised all this money and it was an ENORMOUS amount and how could the Dems possibly compete?

Anyone else remember that spin from about 18 months ago?

[Indiana_Dem]

7. Yeah and it just makes me want donate more! eom

[fob]

10. Well I guess that reflects well on bush*s fiscally responsible tendencies

right? Oh, my mistake, that's fucking impossible, it's KERRY that has shown he can handle funds.

[TexasSissy]

13. Yep. I was one of the ones who said, "Wait, you'll see....the

money will come pouring in after the nomination." Of course, I didn't think we'd get as much as Bush, but I thought Kerry would get a lot. And he ended up getting as much, or close to as much! Amazing!

[sonicx]

8. the sad part is

he's a 'war president' with a mid 40's approval rating who's tied with his challenger and all the money he's spent went to waste.

[tritsofme]

11. Whenver his ads say "Kerry and liberals in Congress"

it means he can cooridinate almost unlimited amounts of money with the RNC.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

12. All that money...

and he couldn't by a f'in clue?

What a shame.

[senseandsensibility]

14. How much does Kerry have?

n/t