http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman Can be had for as little as $500,000, according to the New York Times: The McCain campaign will also try to give incentives to its fund-raisers by bestowing them with honorary titles, each coming with new perks and levels of status, in much the same way the Bush campaign did by naming its biggest fund-raisers Rangers and Pioneers. One proposal that has not been officially announced calls for dubbing fund-raisers who bring in $100,000 Trailblazers, those who bring in $250,000 Innovators, and those who bring in half a million dollars co-chairmen of the campaign. I think I could settle for... Copyright 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:40:04 -0800 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:58:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss $100k gets you "Trailblazer", so I assume about $100 gets you "Supersonic"?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966302 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:53:25 -0800 Sigh. I remember when you could get a Bush ambassador appointment for only half a million. Guess the devaluation of the US dollar is affecting that too ... I hear it's now valued at a million Euros.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966315 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:56:34 -0800 Whatever happened to McCain's pledge to run on the public dime? I think he should be held to the same standard as Sen. Obama.

]]> Cato http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966415 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:34:26 -0800 Shouldn't there be some sort of legal requirement, like "have $500,000.00 and not currently be under indictment"?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966416 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:35:21 -0800 @4 - but then how could he get money from Republicans?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966457 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:47:49 -0800 McCain's been full of shit on campaign finance his whole career. Google "Straight Talk America". He's always been about the PACs.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c966516 2008 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:05:42 -0800 Sorry, I just can't give money to a man who decides torture is A-OK. Sure you understand.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c967224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c967224 2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:31:53 -0800 There's nothing more innovative than bribery.

]]> dirge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c967249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_dream_of_being_a_national_cochairman#c967249 2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:58:12 -0800