[elizabetty]

What did Daniel do for 170k of donor's money?

The Fredphiles are going to give him a pass and say it is no big deal or that he "worked" for the campaign. They would not be so generous if Duncan Hunter or Hillary Clinton did exactly the same thing.

Perception is everything in politics.

[kevkrom]

The Fredphiles are going to give him a pass and say it is no big deal or that he "worked" for the campaign. They would not be so generous if Duncan Hunter or Hillary Clinton did exactly the same thing.

Don't pretend you can speak for me or any other Thompson supporter. If Hunter hired his own son to work on his campaign (oh, wait... he did!), I'm not going to complain about it. Nor would I complain if Clinton does it either.

The expenditures are public, and if the family member is doing a legitimate job at a reasonable pay (compared to market averages), then what's there to complain about?

Let me put it to you this way... my brother-in-law is an accountant. When I need accounting work done, I go to him. Why? Because I know him, trust him, and I already know he's capable of doing the job.

[dirtboy]

They would not be so generous if Duncan Hunter or Hillary Clinton did exactly the same thing.

What was it that was said about those in glass houses not throwing stones?

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/For_some_members_of_Congress_politics_0618.html

Several presidential candidates made it to CREW's list, including Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio; and Ron Paul, R-Texas. Hunter and Paul each spent more than $100,000 in salaries and reimbursements to family members, while Kucinich paid his cousin more than $35,000 for campaign consulting and fundraising between 2002 and 2004.