An Odd Way To Spend $30,000
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 10:00am
The Senate race in Nebraska, which Bush Administration Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigned to run in, has narrowed as one of his opponents dropped out. And by dropped out, I mean "bought $30,000 in statewide advertising and then dropped out."
Hal Daub was once the mayor of Omaha, and he had a mind to run for the seat Chuck Hagel will vacate when he retires. The $30,000 he spent was on message coloring himself as the outsider candidate. Polls had him doing poorly, but seriously, man: being an outsider is one thing, but being out of the race is something entirely different.
Johanns is polling ahead of other challengers for the Republican nomination.
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Are there tax breaks involved?
By Betsy Parchem
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 5:25pm
I'd blow thirty grand on advertising if there were tax breaks involved.
Hmmm.
By Josh Berthume
Wed, 10/03/2007 - 8:24am
I know in a federal race campaign funds are not taxable like income, and I can't imagine an FEC thing he would have been trying to avoid. Maybe he just didn't want to roll it over to other candidates after he dropped out, but that doesn't make any sense, either, because he could have just let it sit in that account.
A very interesting question, Betsy!