[mountainbunny]

I guess this was predictable.

Well, yes. Especially since Christine o'Donnell admitted it publicly.

O'Donnell may have convinced herself that she didn't break the law, but she clearly admitted to using campaign funds to pay her rent during the election.

She argued that her home was where her campaign headquarters was located, but the law is crystal clear and paying the rent where you live with campaign money is not allowed, period, whether or not your campaign is located there or not.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101229/ap_on_re_us/us_o_donnell_investigation

O'Donnell's campaign has denied wrongdoing, but acknowledged she had paid part of her rent at times with campaign money, arguing that her house doubled as a campaign headquarters.

Federal law prohibits candidates from spending campaign money for personal benefit. FEC rules say this prohibition applies to the use of campaign money for a candidate's mortgage or rent "even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign," although O'Donnell's campaign maintained that it was told otherwise by someone at the agency.

Previously:
O'Donnell had a judgement against her for not paying her mortgage.
* Owed the IRS $11K back taxes and a lien.
* Didn't pay back her student loans for 17 years.
* Sued a conservative think tank for millions and millions when they fired her for doing her own work on their time. She said she suffered mental anguish.
* Ran previous unsuccessful campaigns into debt
* Doesn't and hasn't had a full time job.

Is it too much to ask that next time, we run someone who can balance a checkbook, hold a job, and understand a clearly written law?

[citizen]

Agree. O’Donnell was and is a flawed candidate. One that needs to get a steady job and pay her bills like the rest of us.

[miss marmelstein]

What’s wrong with you? SHE LOST THE ELECTION! Give it up.

[exit82]

Is it too much to ask that next time, we run someone who can balance a checkbook, hold a job, and understand a clearly written law?

Why? It never seems to be an impediment for Democrats.

Besides, the rest of your allegations have been debunked long ago. Please try to keep up.

At least she paid her bills eventually. Like normal people. She didn't walk away from debt expecting a government handout at least.

[paudio]

I agree that she was a lousy candidate. How conservatives can support a candidate only based on her sweet talking about conservative ideas without really look at her resume is beyond me. But perhaps for everything there is a reason. Her ‘role’ was to slay Castle, which she did. I never believed she’d win the general election in DE.

[PapaBear3625]

O'Donnell may have convinced herself that she didn't break the law, but she clearly admitted to using campaign funds to pay her rent during the election. She argued that her home was where her campaign headquarters was located, but the law is crystal clear and paying the rent where you live with campaign money is not allowed, period, whether or not your campaign is located there or not.

I recall coming across this about a week or so ago, and that the response was that there were two adjoining places, one used as her residence, and one used exclusively as her campaign headquarters.