Good News: Unions Blew Their Wad Fighting Question One
by Brian Maloney, November 7th, 2008 at 04:25pm
Another silver lining coming from Election 2008 is that the left really blew their wad on Obama: $700 million they won’t have to defend Congress in 2010.
With the financial meltdown further wiping out wealthy white suburban boomer Obama supporters, they will be strapped for cash next time around. And when the inevitable disillusionment with Obama quickly sets in, they won’t want to give Corruptocrats another penny anyway.
Meanwhile, conservatives held back this year because McCain was forced upon them and due to his reliance on public financing, a fatal error. They’re already gearing up for a repeat of 1994 in 2010 and 2012.
In Massachusetts, we have similar good news, as labor unions blew $7 million on an income tax repeal measure that probably wouldn’t have passed anyway. Here are the numbers from the pro-One camp:
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BALLOT QUESTION 1 RESULTS BY THE NUMBERS
============================================$7,000,000 in Union dues and Union in-kind contributions swelled our
opponents War Chest and overwhelmed our private fundraising efforts.Teachers Unions pumped in $5,687,565 – 86% of all “NO on Question 1” money, 93% of the cost of all “NO on 1” advertising.
With the Committee For Small Government as YES on Ballot Question 1, and the Teachers Unions and their Allies as NO on 1, here’s Question 1 by-the-numbers:
2008 Votes on Ballot Question 1
YES: 901,802 (30%)
NO: 2,063,891 (70%) – 1,162,089 more votes than us.
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2008 Cash and In-Kind Donations Ballot Question 1 – through 11-1-08YES: $487,491
NO: $7,268,816 — $6,781,325 more than us.
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2008 Petitioning Expenses on Ballot Question 1
YES: $304,000
NO: Zero cost — $304,000 LESS cost than us.
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2008 Advertising Spending on Ballot Question 1YES: $81,000
NO: $6,120,000 – $6,039,000 MORE money for advertising than us. 76 times our ad spending (as of the 11/5/08 campaign finance report.
With the economy on a long road to recovery, especially with a novice now in charge, these guys are going to have a tough time coming up with two nickels to rub together next time. The warchest is depleted.
They got their people in office, now, let the backlash begin!
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5 Comments Add your own
1. JSYK | November 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Maybe they can try to get Celtic Fraud to troll for $$$ for them. Oops, I’m sorry, he’s on SSI and can’t rub two nickles together.
Plus, the creep is too busy trolling here all day long. We have to work harder to get him all his freebies.
Oh, and by the way, his latest FAKE name is “Game On”. He’s sooo predictable and easy to figure out. Go lick it Celtic Fraud!
2. Celtic Frost | November 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
We don’t care about backlash, Bri. We Dems will worry about the future in the future.
For now we are focusing on pushing our uber-left agenda through in the first 100 days (in no particular order):
- Fairness Doctrine
- marriage equality
- universal healthcare
- reparations
- tax equity
- revisiting “Don’t ask/don’t tell”
- etc.
Pelosi, Reid, and Obama will do it for the people.
3. Jerry Williams | November 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
It’s all very simple really, if you’ve got it, spend it. The left spent, the left won. Game over.
I never had a dinner, but I’ll see you at the No Name.
4. Celtic Frost | November 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Jerry, save me a piece of strawberry-rhubarb pie. I hear the parking is free, too - can’t get us there, Mr. Mayor!
5. sodaknomad | November 10th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I wonder how much the libs dropped on Congress, other States’ ballot issues, etc. You’ve got to add that to what they dropped on Comrade Osamabama.
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