The only information I have on the Governor's cash-race is from The Savannah Morning News and a few blogs posts. (A side note: let's all agree that the Ethics Commission Website is a piece of crap and that if the difference in how Cathy would run government can be illustrated by how well her office handled these reports versus what we now have, we should all run out right now and vote for Cox.)
While Cox and Taylor raised almost identical amounts of cash during this reporting period, ($1.2 million each), Taylor has $1.12 million on hand while Cox has $560,379. This is, of course a significant difference, and can be more than accounted for by the sweetheart loan he was able to leverage with the bank's confidence in his trust fund. Wouldn't we all like to have that kind of flexible financing option?
Cathy Cox has done a remarkable job of fundraising, and has done so with a non-traditional base of supporters who are going to be highly motivated to go to the polls this week and next. Mel, over at Blog for Democracy points out that the winner of the Democratic Primary will probably need just over 200,000 votes. We're about to find out whether the most motivated voters are persuaded by these ads, or whether they've gotten the message that Taylor can't be trusted.
We shall see...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Cox, Taylor, The $$ and The Ethics Commission POC Website
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Million dollar loans secured by a yet to be owned trust fund is pretty significant too. Just think where Mark would be if he didn't have such friends in high places?
We are all political junkies and highly interested in this race, but turnouts in Georgia are pitifully low. I am wondering how many people are going to say to themselves on July 18, "Well, it's hot as heck outside and I have a lot of other things to do, but I've just GOT to go to the polls and vote for Mark Taylor!!" I'm not sure he arouses that much enthusiasm.
Ed, Ed. You are the spin-master. Taylor always had more cash on hand. He started a year earlier and then dropped in the million dollar loan. Cox has outraised him since she entered the race, yes, but he was not exactly the longshot in the fundraising race. More on this in a minute on the front page.
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