Amy Klobuchar vs. Lisa Demuth, fundraising edition
Esme Murphy, who has frequemtly interviewed Sen. Klobuchar, wrote this WCCO article , reporting "Klobuchar is way ahead in fundraising with $3.44 million cash on hand to Demuth's $544,000, but Demuth has closed some of the gap with the help of outside money. Records show an outside Super PAC called Restore Sanity has given $2.8 million from at least 26 separate donations to support Demuth's campaign, most of it going to advertising." First, let's straighten out this intentionaly provocative verbiage. If the money was contributed according to U.S. law, then it isn't "outside money." That's why we're called the UNITED STATES ! Let's eliminate such language. We're all allowed to participate. Finally, it's time to eliminate this type of slanted coverage. What makes MY JOB fun is that Sen. Klobuchar thinks that a different set of rules apply to her than the rules that apply to Speaker Demuth. For instance, Sen. Klobuchar apparently t...