IP’s Horner trails rest of the pack in fundraising

I don’t intend to be a spoiler, I intend to win. This is the year of the anti-incumbent. We have to repeal the health care bill. Have to protect national security. Have to deal with the border situation, so Arizona doesn’t go down a rathole with its economy, have to bring back quality education (like when I went to school and we had to take on the Soviets), have to break down the racial divide, have to have competitive businesses and jobs, back away from the brink of socialism.

I think Horner probably has enough money. It’s not a spending contest, isn’t that the central message of this mid-year election? It’s about ideas. Let’s talk a little about ideas, and not so much personalities and spending other people’s money. This is a serious year for America, SERIOUS year. Let’s get serious.

I think Emmer’s idea of an Arizona statute here is a pretty awful idea for Minnesota, and Tom, I hope you won’t support it. So I’ll vote for you over Emmer. I hope you’ll look over some of my ideas for Minnesota and the 4th Congressional District, too.

Yeah, but, he’s still facing four other slates. I’m sure once he wraps it up, he’ll be in a better position to fundraise and challenge Emmer and Dayton. He seems to be pretty good at that. By the way, any resources expended by other Independence gubernatorial candidates will only build the presence of the Independence Party, so I don’t think you can compare this to the need that Kelliher or Entenza have to challenge Dayton for the behemoth Democratic primary vote. They have to suck up resources. Still, in my humble opinion, all the major party ads have been pretty silly so far. Guess they’re trying (not always successfully) not to offend anybody.

Sorry, by “major party” I was referring to Democrats and Republicans, the ones Patrick thinks are major.

I think the Independence Party ads I’ve seen (and I haven’t seen them all, I’m sure) have been introducing the candidates and creating the party image in the media, while I see Emmer and somebody (Democrats) have been slugging it out trying to take each other down. Still pretty silly, though.

And here I thought Horner was going to be the big “middle way” threat… without media money in a modern election you can’t win and it looks like Horner’s cupboard is bare.

Well, we’ll see, “Amuseinc”. I think it’s still in the hands of the voters, not money-hungry old media. That’s why they’re dying. But I’m hoping the new media are more motivated and productive than money sloths.