Slog - Comments on What Mitt's Money Has Bought Him (Other Than Tears) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th By Ryan S. Jackson As mentioned earlier, Mitt Romney has a minor problem—he needs delegates to be the nominee, and so far the delegates have gone out of their way to resist his electoral affections. Which is odd, because he's spent lavishly to win their fickle hearts: Republican campaign operatives call it the Gramm-o-meter, the money a candidate spends per delegate won, in honor of Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator who spent $25 million and won just 10 delegates, or $2.5 million per, in 1996. By Republican strategist Alex Vogel's calculation, Mitt Romney is giving Gramm a run for... Copyright 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:30:43 -0800 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:41:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cochise. please do the math for us for giuliani.

please.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927232 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:52:41 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable Mitt's learning you can't buy the election--er, at least not that directly.

Pastor Huck is learning Jesus loves him. (But apparently God hates the South voting on Super Tuesday and sent tornadoes...)

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927234 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927234 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:53:07 -0800 Comment by adrian i hate chuck norris

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927246 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:58:18 -0800 Comment by elenchos Is anybody going to give Obama credit for being rather good at electoral math? His campaign has money, but not an infinite amount: the money and people he had were distributed quite well to net him the most delegates at the end of the night.

Is this not a precursor to how they would play in the general election?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927248 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:59:01 -0800 Comment by cressona Looks like Hillary is descending to Romney-esque depths:
Clinton Lent Campaign $5 Million, Considers More

This can only mean two things:

  1. Hillary's in trouble.
  2. Hillary's loaded.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927250 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:59:42 -0800 Comment by max solomon god hates mormons.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927254 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:01:35 -0800 Comment by elenchos Yeah. How come Obama is so much better at raising money? I thought Hillary was supposed to be some kind of jedi master at winning elections.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927256 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:01:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No it means Bill's loaded and Hill's in trouble.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927262 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:03:25 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable @5: I think 1 AND 2 are both correct.

If that loan doesn't work, there's always the Chinese or the House of Saud.

I hear they have lots of money... and might like to have some influence.

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927266 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:05:09 -0800 Comment by Matthew Huckabee's money was by far the better investment, not just for the 20-1 delegate count per million, but for the fact that his showing yesterday all but guarantees he'll be offered McCain's VP slot.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927333 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:44:53 -0800 Comment by dw I heard on NPR last week that Giuliani spent $50M and won one delegate.

I don't think that record for futility will ever be broken.

]]> dw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927405 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:12:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Good point, dw. Even Ron Paul got three times as many delegates.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927481 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:37:59 -0800 Comment by so Mormons are richer than baptists, but baptists outnumber mormons. And they're all worthless.

]]> so http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927492 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:42:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Giuliani's going from front-runner to $50 mil for one delegate is not just the worst political performance of all time, it's arguably the biggest failure ever in any field. It's like the Yankees losing 161 games next year. It's like every member of the cast of a Broadway show dying of a heart attack in the first ten minutes of opening night. It's like finding out your first girlfriend in high school is a serial killer. It's beautiful. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927630 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:56:13 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai This reminds me of one of Mudede's posts. Good work, Ryan.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927769 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:38:03 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Also Fnarf.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c927773 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:39:13 -0800 Comment by Jacob I dunno it seems like Huckabee has won a fairly good shot at a veepship, plus it establishes him as a player in Christianist circles. At the very least he could leverage it into some Christian talk show.

]]> Jacob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c928254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/what_mitts_money_has_bought_him_other_th#c928254 2008 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:41:54 -0800