How much money has Romney spent on eacy vote he’s gotten so far? I have a REAL PROBLEM with rich guys trying to BUY a public office.....
I thought I heard he spent 5 or 6 million on adds in NH.
Note that Huck and McCain have spent (in essence) taxpayer dollars that they used via their time in office which has increased their more recent visibility. Everybody, in one way or another "buys" votes. Certainly Bush did when he raised more money than any other candidate in history, and I'm glad he did.
McCain is/was broke, but is running on a shoestring. I bet the margin was just as large.
So, just to thought experiment this, Mitt would have to bump up to say 30 to one, to beat someone.
Mitt’s, sort of close, finishes are way way worse than they seem because his money is pulling for him, more than he himself.
I’m sure that Mitt is going to have to break records for spending, by far, to stay competitive. For example, say he spent 10 million in Iowa, and 6 in New Hampshire, and he still lost. This raises the question of what he would have to spend in New York. $20 million? And, he will, as I predicted in New Hampshire, lose to Rudy. Then there is California and Florida. Say together 30 plus million. Maybe 40. Texas? The rest of the US?
Mitt could be needing $100 mil to have a chance, maybe double to win by cash alone.
All of Mitt’s life he has been a good calculator. He’s never once shown a go for broke action. If he doesn’t see the pay off, soon, of being the biggest spender, by factors, and still losing, he’ll cut back.
Even a blind squirrel figures out he can’t get the acorn.